China plans random, spot checks at hospitals to track COVID
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[March 30, 2023]
(Reuters) - Chinese officials plan random and spot checks at
medical facilities in the country to track incomplete and under-reported
COVID-19 data, the country's health authority said, amid a wider call by
global authorities for more transparency.
For months, the country has faced pressure from countries and health
experts to reveal and be more forthcoming with COVID data, most notably
official numbers around severe hospitalisations and deaths.
Recently, advisers to the World Health Organization urged China to
release all information related to the origin of the COVID pandemic.
In new measures announced by the National Health Commission, provincial
governments will be tasked with daily random supervision and inspections
covering an array of areas that include vaccination management at
medical and health institutions, including checking the receipt and
storage of new coronavirus vaccines.
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A woman takes a nucleic acid test at a
mobile testing site outside a hospital following the coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China, April 26, 2022.
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been asked to monitor whether virus infection reports have been
concealed, delayed, or misreported; and step up the management of
medical waste and biosecurity management of pathogenic microbiology
laboratories.
Local governments should actively seek financial support to ensure
funding for the costs surrounding the random checks, the health
authority said.
(Reporting by Ethan Wang and Bernard Orr; Editing by Raju
Gopalakrishnan)
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