State media in China played down the severity of a surge of COVID-19 infections ahead of a briefing on Tuesday by its scientists to the World Health Organization, which was hoping for a "detailed discussion" on the evolution of the virus.
"We are willing to improve communication with the world," foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters in Beijing.
China reported three new COVID-19 deaths for Monday, taking its official death toll since the pandemic began to 5,253. Kang Yan, head of West China Tianfu Hospital of Sichuan University, said that in the past three weeks 46 patients had been admitted to intensive care units, representing about 1% of symptomatic infections.a Reuters witness said.
The WHO spokesperson added that the agency would communicate at a later stage, probably at a news briefing on Wednesday."I don't think China will be very sincere in disclosing information," said Alfred Wu, associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at National University of Singapore.
The European Union has offered free COVID-19 vaccines to China as concerns grow about soaring infections.
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