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. Meanwhile, China’s national health commission reported only 4,128 COVID-19 cases for the entire country on December 23. “The freezers were full and all eight incinerators were operating 24/7,” the Post reported, citing the receptionist. Without credible COVID-19 data from China, international experts have tried to make educated guesses of China’s COVID-19 death toll, based on data from other countries and regions. It predicted there will be 1.7 million COVID-19 deaths in China from January to the end of April this year, and around 9,000 COVID-19 deaths daily.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2023 20:06 UTC