Regime Covering up Severity of Flu in China, According to Chinese Media

Regime Covering up Severity of Flu in China, According to Chinese Media
A woman wears a face mask as she walks past a poster showing how to avoid the H7N9 avian influenza virus, by a road in Beijing on April 24, 2013. Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images
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This flu season has been particularly severe, considered one of the worst in a decade in the United States, and sickening many in different parts of the globe, from Hong Kong to Australia.
In China, deaths caused by the flu may be underreported, which has kept the public unaware and unprepared for the brutal virus, according to a recent report by Chinese media Caixin.
Annie Wu
Annie Wu
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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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