On January 9, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin commented on travel advisories issued by several European countries warning against non-essential trips to China amid a surge in COVID-19 cases there.
COVID-19 infections have been rippling through China since Beijing last month abruptly dropped extensive testing and lengthy lockdowns in response to country-wide protests.
As the world’s most populous country grapples with mounting infections and hospitalizations, unofficial reports of overrun hospitals and crematories abound.
On January 7, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg discouraged non-essential trips to China. More than a dozen countries, including the United States, have imposed testing requirements for travelers from China, citing the lack of transparent COVID-19 data from Beijing.
On Monday, January 9, Wang defended Beijing’s latest COVID-19 measures. He said the situation is under control and “overall improving.”
“China has all along shared information on its monitoring of the mutation of the virus and infected groups with the international community in a timely, open and transparent manner.”
That is misleading.
www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-china-covid-data-far-from-open-and-transparent/6915888.html
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