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China’s closely watched reopening is now causing concern as the number of new COVID-19 cases grows and the country reports the first deaths in several weeks. Much of the news out of China this week is in stark contrast to zero COVID, the strict policy that was in place up until a month ago. In response to widespread protests, authorities have Now some local governments Chinese authorities have reportedly told state media that the surge is part of an “exit wave” of cases, Experts have predicted that COVID news to know: • In the U.S., it’s still hard to find children’s cold medications. CVS Health -2.56% and Walgreens Boots Alliance +2.03% this week put limits on purchases of children’s cold and flu medicines in response to high demand amid a surge in cases of pediatric COVID, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, • Testing positive a second or third time may worsen long-COVID symptoms, according to a • COVID hospitalizations are rising in the U.S. There are about 40,000 people hospitalized with COVID right now, a figure that is 11% higher than it was two weeks ago,

BEIJING, Dec 19 (Reuters) - China reported its first COVID-related deaths in weeks on Monday amid rising doubts over whether the official count was capturing the full toll of a disease that is ripping through cities after the government relaxed strict anti-virus controls. Though on Saturday, Reuters journalists witnessed hearses A hashtag on the two reported COVID deaths quickly became the top trending topic on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform on Monday. "What is the point of incomplete statistics?" asked one user. "Isn't this cheating the public?," wrote another. The NHC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The low number of deaths since curbs were lifted on Dec. 7 is inconsistent with the experience of other countries after similar moves. Officially China has suffered just 5,237 COVID-related deaths during the pandemic, including the latest two fatalities, a tiny fraction of its 1.4 billion population. But health experts have said China may pay a price for taking such stringent measures to shield a population that now lacks natural immunity to COVID-19 and has low vaccination rates among the elderly. Some fear China's COVID death toll could Respected Chinese news outlet Caixin on Friday reported that two state media journalists had died after contracting COVID, and then on Saturday that a 23-year-old medical student had also died. It was not immediately clear which, if any, of these deaths were included in official death tolls. "The (official) number ...

Experts familiar with hospital protocols in China told Reuters that such cases were not always excluded previously, though sometimes COVID would be ruled out as a cause of death if a formerly positive patient had tested negative a day or two before dying. Wang said the criteria had changed because the Omicron variant is less likely to cause other life-threatening symptoms, though China's hospitals are still required to judge each case to ascertain precisely whether or not COVID was the ultimate cause. The methods for counting COVID deaths have varied across countries in the nearly three years since the pandemic began. Yet disease experts outside of China say this specific approach would miss several other widely recognised types of potentially fatal COVID complications, from blood clots to heart attacks as well as sepsis and kidney failure. Some of these complications can increase the chances of death at home, particularly for people who are not aware that they should seek care for these symptoms. The new definition "clearly won't capture all deaths from COVID," said Dr. Aaron Glatt, an infectious diseases expert at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in New York and a spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. "To say you're going to ignore anything else going on in the body makes no sense and is scientifically inaccurate." Last month, Korean researchers reported that 33% of Omicron-related deaths between July 2021 and March 2022 at one large hospital were...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: COVID-19 spreads rapidly in Beijing and beyond after China lifts restrictive policies, militants strike a hotel popular with Chinese workers in Kabul, and after a period of relative calm, Chinese and Indian soldiers clash on their disputed border. If you would like to receive China Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please sign up COVID-19 Crisis Goes From Zero to 100 Just one week after China effectively ended its zero-COVID policy, the virus has On the Chinese evening news, COVID-19 is relegated to a Ironically, Beijingers are now keeping their COVID-19 mitigation measures in place as the government lifts them. The city’s streets and malls are quiet, and China’s official COVID-19 China hasn’t yet adopted other means of tracking COVID-19 such as self-reporting, and it is likely to keep minimizing the figures, especially as deaths rise. According to the government, there have been no new deaths from COVID-19 since it relaxed restrictions—which follows the unbelievable claims of minimal deaths during this year’s Shanghai outbreak. Government For now, those guessing at the numbers depend on anecdotal reports and hospital observations. There are many social media posts like Other large cities such as The apparent rate of infection in China suggests the dominance of fast-spreading, relatively mild omicron variants—as well as that the system of containment was likely overwhelmed before the government officiall...

Nearly 37 million people in China may have been infected with COVID-19 on a single day this week, the Bloomberg news agency has reported, citing minutes from an internal meeting of the country’s National Health Commission held on Wednesday. In all, the report which was published on Friday said about 18 percent of the country’s population – 248 million people – are likely to have contracted the virus in the first 20 days of December. China is witnessing a Now with those restrictions mostly lifted, China has also stopped mass-testing policies and no longer reports asymptomatic cases. This has led to concerns of widespread infections among a population that has largely been unexposed to the actual virus, and that has lost much of the protection it might have gained from vaccine shots taken several months ago. The country’s health system has also been Concerns over official statistics On Thursday, health data firm Airfinity estimated that there are likely more than 5,000 daily deaths and upwards of a million daily infections from COVID-19 in the country. Airfinity said its mortality risk analysis suggested between 1.3 million to 2.1 million people could die in China’s current COVID-19 outbreak. However, on the same day, China officially reported less than 4,000 new symptomatic local COVID-19 cases nationwide and no deaths from the virus. The conflicting data has raised concerns in the international community and prompted United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to reque...

BEIJING, Dec 19 (Reuters) - China reported its first COVID-related deaths in weeks on Monday amid rising doubts over whether the official count was capturing the full toll of a disease that is ripping through cities after the government relaxed strict anti-virus controls. Though on Saturday, Reuters journalists witnessed hearses A hashtag on the two reported COVID deaths quickly became the top trending topic on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform on Monday. "What is the point of incomplete statistics?" asked one user. "Isn't this cheating the public?," wrote another. The NHC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The low number of deaths since curbs were lifted on Dec. 7 is inconsistent with the experience of other countries after similar moves. Officially China has suffered just 5,237 COVID-related deaths during the pandemic, including the latest two fatalities, a tiny fraction of its 1.4 billion population. But health experts have said China may pay a price for taking such stringent measures to shield a population that now lacks natural immunity to COVID-19 and has low vaccination rates among the elderly. Some fear China's COVID death toll could Respected Chinese news outlet Caixin on Friday reported that two state media journalists had died after contracting COVID, and then on Saturday that a 23-year-old medical student had also died. It was not immediately clear which, if any, of these deaths were included in official death tolls. "The (official) number ...

Nearly 37 million people in China may have been infected with COVID-19 on a single day this week, the Bloomberg news agency has reported, citing minutes from an internal meeting of the country’s National Health Commission held on Wednesday. In all, the report which was published on Friday said about 18 percent of the country’s population – 248 million people – are likely to have contracted the virus in the first 20 days of December. China is witnessing a Now with those restrictions mostly lifted, China has also stopped mass-testing policies and no longer reports asymptomatic cases. This has led to concerns of widespread infections among a population that has largely been unexposed to the actual virus, and that has lost much of the protection it might have gained from vaccine shots taken several months ago. The country’s health system has also been Concerns over official statistics On Thursday, health data firm Airfinity estimated that there are likely more than 5,000 daily deaths and upwards of a million daily infections from COVID-19 in the country. Airfinity said its mortality risk analysis suggested between 1.3 million to 2.1 million people could die in China’s current COVID-19 outbreak. However, on the same day, China officially reported less than 4,000 new symptomatic local COVID-19 cases nationwide and no deaths from the virus. The conflicting data has raised concerns in the international community and prompted United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to reque...

China’s closely watched reopening is now causing concern as the number of new COVID-19 cases grows and the country reports the first deaths in several weeks. Much of the news out of China this week is in stark contrast to zero COVID, the strict policy that was in place up until a month ago. In response to widespread protests, authorities have Now some local governments Chinese authorities have reportedly told state media that the surge is part of an “exit wave” of cases, Experts have predicted that COVID news to know: • In the U.S., it’s still hard to find children’s cold medications. CVS Health -2.56% and Walgreens Boots Alliance +2.03% this week put limits on purchases of children’s cold and flu medicines in response to high demand amid a surge in cases of pediatric COVID, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, • Testing positive a second or third time may worsen long-COVID symptoms, according to a • COVID hospitalizations are rising in the U.S. There are about 40,000 people hospitalized with COVID right now, a figure that is 11% higher than it was two weeks ago,

Experts familiar with hospital protocols in China told Reuters that such cases were not always excluded previously, though sometimes COVID would be ruled out as a cause of death if a formerly positive patient had tested negative a day or two before dying. Wang said the criteria had changed because the Omicron variant is less likely to cause other life-threatening symptoms, though China's hospitals are still required to judge each case to ascertain precisely whether or not COVID was the ultimate cause. The methods for counting COVID deaths have varied across countries in the nearly three years since the pandemic began. Yet disease experts outside of China say this specific approach would miss several other widely recognised types of potentially fatal COVID complications, from blood clots to heart attacks as well as sepsis and kidney failure. Some of these complications can increase the chances of death at home, particularly for people who are not aware that they should seek care for these symptoms. The new definition "clearly won't capture all deaths from COVID," said Dr. Aaron Glatt, an infectious diseases expert at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in New York and a spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. "To say you're going to ignore anything else going on in the body makes no sense and is scientifically inaccurate." Last month, Korean researchers reported that 33% of Omicron-related deaths between July 2021 and March 2022 at one large hospital were...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: COVID-19 spreads rapidly in Beijing and beyond after China lifts restrictive policies, militants strike a hotel popular with Chinese workers in Kabul, and after a period of relative calm, Chinese and Indian soldiers clash on their disputed border. If you would like to receive China Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please sign up COVID-19 Crisis Goes From Zero to 100 Just one week after China effectively ended its zero-COVID policy, the virus has On the Chinese evening news, COVID-19 is relegated to a Ironically, Beijingers are now keeping their COVID-19 mitigation measures in place as the government lifts them. The city’s streets and malls are quiet, and China’s official COVID-19 China hasn’t yet adopted other means of tracking COVID-19 such as self-reporting, and it is likely to keep minimizing the figures, especially as deaths rise. According to the government, there have been no new deaths from COVID-19 since it relaxed restrictions—which follows the unbelievable claims of minimal deaths during this year’s Shanghai outbreak. Government For now, those guessing at the numbers depend on anecdotal reports and hospital observations. There are many social media posts like Other large cities such as The apparent rate of infection in China suggests the dominance of fast-spreading, relatively mild omicron variants—as well as that the system of containment was likely overwhelmed before the government officiall...