China has not updated daily data on Covid-19 in the country for three days, as reported by Bloomberg, as it faces a new outbreak of the disease.
The latest data released are from Monday (9), increasing global concern about the true scenario of the disease in the world.
Last month, with the end of Covid zero, Chinese authorities said they would start submitting monthly reports as part of their more flexible policy, however, a date for such a change was not disclosed.
On Wednesday (11), the World Health Organization (WHO) reiterated the need for data on Covid-19 in China and stressed the need to share information about the strains in circulation, as well as whether cases have increased or decreased. .
In December, the WHO held a meeting with China on the increase in cases of Covid-19 in the country in search of more information on the situation.
The WHO advisory group underscored the critical need and importance of further analysis and sharing of sequencing data to understand the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and the emergence of mutations or variants of concern.
The experts stressed that it is essential for global risk assessment to maintain high levels of representative genomic surveillance in China and globally, annotate genomic sequences with relevant clinical and epidemiological metadata, and quickly share this data with the scientific community.
(Posted by Marina Toledo)
Source: CNN Brasil
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