Reports: Chinese Doctors Asked to Avoid Listing COVID-19 as Cause of Death

Published: 1/7/2023, 3:49:45 PM EST

The way China calculates its COVID-19 death toll is coming under scrutiny. Beijing has kept its virus death toll at a little over 5,000, even as funeral homes across the country reportedly overflow amid a massive surge in infections. Some reports may shed light on why.