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COVID-19

China's big question after ending "zero-COVID" rules: How many have died?

by Jennifer Pak

Feb 7, 2023

David struggled to help his 83-year-old father before he died of COVID. Will his father's death be counted in China's official toll?

Hundreds of millions of people in China were infected within weeks of the abrupt end to "zero-COVID" rules, experts say. Above, patients are cared for by relatives and medical staff in the atrium of a busy hospital on Jan. 13 in Shanghai.

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