Separately in the state-run China Daily, a prominent health official said the percentage of severe cases remained unclear. "It is still too early to conclude the overall percentage of severe and critical COVID patients in China as different types of hospitals report different numbers, Wang Guiqiang, head of Peking University First Hospital's infectious disease department, was quoted as saying.
BEIJING China began retaliating on Tuesday against South Korea and Japan, two of the countries which have imposed COVID-19 curbs on travelers from China, the last major economy to reopen its borders after three years of isolation.
A summary by a publication managed by the Communist Party’s official newspaper says infections have been declining in Beijing and several Chinese provinces.