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China CDC Stops Publishing Daily Coronavirus Data Amid Explosion of COVID Cases

HeadlineDec 29, 2022

China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention says it has stopped publishing daily updates on COVID-19 cases and will instead publish monthly figures. The change follows the abrupt cancellation of China’s long-running “zero-COVID” policy, with tens of millions of people across China becoming infected each day. Videos shared on social media show emergency rooms and intensive care units overflowing with COVID patients, and funeral homes crammed with the bodies of the dead.

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