Senior WHO Official Says China Is ‘Under-Representing’ COVID-19 Deaths

WHO Executive Director of Health emergencies program Michael Ryan gestures during a press conference at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, on Dec. 14, 2022. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official says the Chinese regime has been under-reporting deaths and hospitalizations from COVID-19 in the country.

“We believe that the current numbers being published from China under-represent the true impact of the disease in terms of hospital admissions, in terms of ICU admissions, particularly in terms of death,” Mike Ryan, WHO emergencies director, told reporters at a Jan. 4 media briefing.