The World Health Organization has warned that China is under-representing the true impact of Covid in the country - in particular deaths.
The removal of most restrictions last month has led to a surge in cases.
But China has stopped publishing daily cases data, and has announced only 22 Covid deaths since December, using its own strict criteria.
"We believe that definition [of a Covid death] is too narrow," WHO emergencies director Dr Michael Ryan said.
Dr Ryan said China's figures "under-represent the true impact of the disease in terms of hospital admissions, in terms of ICU admissions, and particularly in terms of deaths". lucabet888
China last month changed its criteria for what constitutes a Covid death, meaning only those who die of respiratory illnesses are counted.
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