Prognosis
China Stops Releasing Daily Covid Data as Accuracy Questioned
A woman is tested for Covid-19 in Shanghai on Dec. 23.
Photographer: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images
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China’s National Health Commission will stop publishing daily Covid-19 case numbers, after the accuracy of its data was questioned as millions were infected nationwide and the official tally remained strikingly low.
The commission didn’t provide a reason for the change in policy in a statement on Sunday, but said that the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention will release Covid-related info for studies and reference.