Regarding the death reporting change South Morning China Post had a story the other day about how only one death in Shanghai had been reported for the entire lock-down and noting how unrealistic that was. Seems the the local government units were being VERY cautious with causing an concerns—by locals who are already pissed and by the higher authorities in Beijing. I cannot find the story again just no so no link to off but it was after this ran that it seems more deaths started being reported.
Most seems to be related to classification and the local government units applying a much stricter criteria than the national level agencies had actually defined.
Regarding the death reporting change South Morning China Post had a story the other day about how only one death in Shanghai had been reported for the entire lock-down and noting how unrealistic that was. Seems the the local government units were being VERY cautious with causing an concerns—by locals who are already pissed and by the higher authorities in Beijing. I cannot find the story again just no so no link to off but it was after this ran that it seems more deaths started being reported.
Most seems to be related to classification and the local government units applying a much stricter criteria than the national level agencies had actually defined.