The World Health Organization is “concerned” concerning the surge in COVID-19 infections in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated on Wednesday, urging Beijing once more to ship speedy and common knowledge on hospitalisation and demise there.
“We continue to ask China for more rapid, regular, reliable data on hospitalizations and deaths, as well as more comprehensive, real-time viral sequencing,” he stated at a media briefing.
“WHO is concerned about the risk to life in China and has reiterated the importance of vaccination, including booster doses to protect against hospitalization, severe disease and death.”