Hospitals and morgues in China are full! They will no longer share coronavirus information
Demon National The Health Commission has announced that starting today, daily notifications about the coronavirus will no longer be made, and information about the outbreak will be shared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for research purposes.
After the first outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei Province, Commission 21 january 2020He announced the number of patients, deaths, patients and recoveries, how many of the cases originated from abroad, how many were local, and how many showed symptoms of the disease. , how many do not, on the website and social made public with daily briefing notes on media accounts.
The lifting of testing requirements following a shift in the country’s COVID-19 policy in early November makes case detection difficult, while new standards for keeping death statistics account for the majority of virus-related casualties. to be unregistered.
After the relaxation of the Kovid-19 measures, it is observed that the difference between the spread of the virus and the estimates regarding the actual epidemic situation has increased.
Daily case estimates released by the local health commissions of Qingdao city in northern Shandong province and Dongguan city in southern Guangdong province National It revealed a surprising difference between the official figures announced by the Health Commission and the situation in the country. field.
In Qingdao, which has a population of about 9 million, 490,000 to 530,000 people live every day. 10 In Dongguan, which has a population of one million, between 250,000 and 300,000 people are reported to be infected. However, National In its latest daily report yesterday, the Health Commission announced that there were 1,737 cases in Guangdong province, to which Dongguan is linked, and 31 in Shandong province, which is part of Qingdao.
Commission in mainland China 24 hours announced that 4,128 cases were detected, and there were no deaths due to the virus.
Although hospitals, clinics, morgues and crematoriums have become overcrowded due to the sudden change in measures to combat the epidemic, relatives of the deceased report that some symptoms of Covid-19, such as breathing difficulties, were observed in the last moments of the deceased.
It is estimated that many cases and deaths from the virus, directly or indirectly, have gone unreported because testing has not been done since the testing requirement was lifted.
National Health Commission of December 20announced that new standards have been applied for conducting Kovid-19 statistics. Accordingly, from now on, only deaths due to pneumonia and virus-related respiratory failure will be recorded, and those who lost their lives due to complications such as chronic diseases or heart attacks, despite the positive result of the Kovid-19 test, will be recorded. , will not be included in the statistics. (AA)
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