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CCP Contradicts Earlier Response to WHO in Latest Health Update

New admissions about COVID-19 by Chinese health authorities reveal the Chinese Communist Party continues its pattern of lies about SARS-CoV-2.
CCP Contradicts Earlier Response to WHO in Latest Health Update
Patients line up for an emergency pre-check at the new pediatric building of Xinhua Hospital in Shanghai, China, on the night of Sept. 25, 2023. The emergency and night care outpatient hall is crowded with children and family members waiting for treatment. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Alex Wu
12/19/2023|Updated: 12/20/2023
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Chinese health authorities have admitted that a new COVID-19 variant has been causing infections amid a fast-worsening pneumonia outbreak across China after telling the World Health Organization (WHO) in late November that there wasn’t any new pathogen spreading in the country.

The Chinese communist regime’s National Disease Control and Prevention Administration released a Q&A about the JN.1 variant of COVID-19 on Dec. 15. It said that since the local JN.1 variant was first discovered in November, and as of Dec. 10, authorities have detected seven local cases in China.

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Alex Wu is a U.S.-based writer for The Epoch Times focusing on Chinese society, Chinese culture, human rights, and international relations.
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