Concern grows as China stops announcing COVID cases

Possibly infected people visit a fever clinic at a hospital in Beijing on Sunday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

BEIJING -- The Chinese government announced Sunday that it will stop announcing new COVID-19 cases, which it had been doing every day thus far.

It did not give a reason, but said the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, a subordinate organization of the government, will from now on provide relevant data, including on the number of infected cases, for research and other purposes.