Covid-19: WHO asks Chinese officials to “share data regularly and in real time”

The World Health Organization (WHO) met with Chinese officials on Friday to discuss the explosion in the number of Covid-19 contamination cases in their country, stressing the importance of real-time data sharing.

“WHO has once again requested the regular exchange of specific and real-time data on the epidemiological situation (…) and data on vaccinations carried out and vaccination status, in particular among vulnerable people and people over 60 years of age,” the UN health agency said. he said in a statement.

The organization also called on China to “strengthen viral sequencing, clinical management and impact assessment” of the epidemic, while reiterating its “support in these areas.”

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