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@Reuters shared
On Dec 22, 2022
Analysis: How accurate are China's COVID-19 death numbers? https://t.co/p3xCjCbAIt https://t.co/DX5QNocXWE
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Analysis: How accurate are China's COVID-19 death numbers?

Analysis: How accurate are China's COVID-19 death numbers?

China's narrow criteria for identifying deaths caused by COVID-19 will underestimate the true toll of the pandemic's current wave there and could make it harder to communicate the best ways ...

@Reuters shared
On Dec 21, 2022
First foreign COVID vaccines head to China from Germany https://t.co/f96p0B2mde https://t.co/oUUNsw9I7q
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First foreign COVID vaccines head to China from Germany

First foreign COVID vaccines head to China from Germany

Berlin has sent its first batch of BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to China to be administered initially to German expatriates, a German government spokesperson said on Wednesday, the first ...

@Reuters shared
On Dec 22, 2022
BioNTech ships COVID shots to China for use by Germans https://t.co/yqBDW3Bly6 https://t.co/ESTzuneYTf
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BioNTech ships COVID shots to China for use by Germans

BioNTech ships COVID shots to China for use by Germans

BioNTech said on Thursday it had sent 11,500 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to China for use on German expatriates, marking the first overseas-made shots allowed into the country.

@AmeshAA shared
On Dec 23, 2022
"In China, what's been reported is relatively low numbers of cases in ICUs, but anecdotally ICUs are filling up," https://t.co/WijU6QoB0A
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WHO says China may be struggling to keep a tally of COVID cases

WHO says China may be struggling to keep a tally of COVID cases

China may be struggling to keep a tally of COVID-19 infections as the country experiences a big spike in cases, a senior World Health Organization official said on Wednesday, amid concerns ...

@Reuters shared
On Dec 23, 2022
China estimates COVID surge is infecting 37 million people a day - Bloomberg News https://t.co/0kGijTT2NC https://t.co/zNBF299r6e
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China estimates COVID surge is infecting 37 million people a day - Bloomberg News

China estimates COVID surge is infecting 37 million people a day - Bloomberg News

Nearly 37 million people in China may have been infected with COVID-19 on a single day this week, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing estimates from the government's top health ...

@Reuters shared
On Dec 22, 2022
India ready to export fever drugs to China amid COVID surge - export body https://t.co/DcPZSmr4ko https://t.co/V1mXjqeGvS
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India ready to export fever drugs to China amid COVID surge - export body

India ready to export fever drugs to China amid COVID surge - export body

India, one of the world's biggest drug makers, is ready to step up exports of fever medicines to China as it reels from a spike in COVID-19 cases, the chairperson of an Indian drug export ...

@AmeshAA shared
On Dec 24, 2022
In this @RadioFreeAsia piece I’m quoted about how China has deliberately careened from 2 positions that don’t reflect the biology of #covid19 https://t.co/712KTiuSs2
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Nearly 250 million people in China could have COVID-19, leaked document shows

Nearly 250 million people in China could have COVID-19, leaked document shows

A senior journalist in state media says minutes were leaked in the public interest by someone at the meeting.

@Reuters shared
On Dec 26, 2022
Mainland China reports no new COVID deaths for Dec 25 -China CDC https://t.co/ll7F17FTb7 https://t.co/Bgz4PFMhJV
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Mainland China reports no new COVID deaths for Dec 25 -China CDC

Mainland China reports no new COVID deaths for Dec 25 -China CDC

China reported no new COVID-19 deaths in mainland for Dec. 25, the same a day earlier, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.