With a population of 1.4 billion, China has officially reported just 286,197 cases since coronavirus was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019 - a figure that differs significantly from other official estimates.
Unlike in other countries, the deaths of patients who had COVID-19 symptoms were often attributed to underlying conditions such as diabetes or heart disease, leading to undercounting. There has been mounting public anger of the"zero COVID" approach, heightened after a four-month-old girl died while in quarantine at a hotel in Zhengzhou when her father's attempts to seek medical help for his sick baby daughter were refused.Clashes between authorities and residents frustrated with restrictions have been reported in numerous cities despite tight controls on information.
1 apparent death in 6 months is not an outbreak, stop being so dramatic