April 2022 - China Covid News

[qhank]

Yesterday was the highest at ~26,000, but the rate of increase has been decreasing for a week now.

[qhank]

Eh...you are not suggesting the numbers coming out of Shanghai is accurate, right?

There are some issues with the numbers, e.g., cases are not counted until they've been moved into central quarantine which can create delays in reporting, but I'd say it's probably a lot more accurate than the count in Hong Kong just because the outbreak there is at a much earlier stage.

[Coolboy]

There are some issues with the numbers, e.g., cases are not counted until they've been moved into central quarantine which can create delays in reporting, but I'd say it's probably a lot more accurate than the count in Hong Kong just because the outbreak there is at a much earlier stage.

Maybe you are right. But I will err on the skeptical side...given the history of Mainland's statistics.

[riversidejr]

If the WHO or other health authorities trust the numbers from the CCP, why the hell aren't they investigating why the majority of cases are asymptomatic and why there are no deaths at all - if true the reason for that would be the game changes everybody is waiting for. As this does not happen, why bother with any of the numbers/statistics at all? Any other country reporting zere deaths with these overall numbers would be dealing with fact checkers day and night.

[shri]

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. has ordered all non-emergency consular staff to leave Shanghai, which is under a tight lockdown to contain a COVID-19 surge.

https://apnews.com/article/covid-bus...1cbd83d87f6685

[Cornmeal]

Things kicking off in Guangzhou?

A total of 61 infected people have been reported in this round of epidemic in Guangzhou, most of which are from Baiyun District, with 45 cases, Haizhu District and Yuexiu District, with 7 and 4 cases respectively.

Spotted on the Chinese Standard.

[East_coast]

Things kicking off in Guangzhou?



Spotted on the Chinese Standard.

GZ Schools closed

[flameproof]

why there are no deaths at all

Because the standard of Covid death in China is very high. See, you are Covid positive, your lung fails, you suffocate and die - cause of death will be lung failure, but not Covid.

Also interesting to read about Guangzhou. Officially they have 19 asymptomatic cases - in the whole of Guangdong... Something ain't adding up.

http://www.nhc.gov.cn/xcs/yqtb/20220...e6d2dc8c.shtml

[East_coast]

I really do hope China are ramping up the vaccination status of its elderly

[Beanieskis]

I really do hope China are ramping up the vaccination status of its elderly

Story in the SCMP today saying they are. If they turn their focus to this, I expect they will get them all jabbed very quickly. Diverting resources from zero Covid to vaccination is sensible, but could it indicate a chink in the armour?