The Chinese regime is still covering up the true COVID death toll in the country, experts said in response to authorities’ recent admission of tens of thousands of deaths in the latest wave. The true figure is likely exponentially higher, they say.
China’s top health regulator on Jan. 14 acknowledged nearly 60,000 COVID-related deaths in the first five weeks after the regime’s abrupt retreat from its zero-COVID policy in December.
While the figure is an increase from the absurdly-low official tallies—37 deaths— previously reported by Chinese officials that prompted widespread skepticism, experts remain unconvinced by the disclosure.
“The newly-reported death figures are still suspicious,” said Song Guo-cheng, a researcher at National Chengchi University’s Institute of International Relations in Taiwan….