Fears China could be hiding its true coronavirus death toll have been sparked as 21.5 million people failed to register for the country's artificial intelligence software.
Citizens in China cannot buy food, or log in online without using their facial recognition, suggesting the disappearance, quarantine, or death of 21.5 million people, the Artificial Intelligence Organisation reports.
In the months of January and February the coronavirus bulldozed its way through China, causing much of the country to go into lockdown.
The virus itself originated in China, with wet markets in Wuhan, in the country's Hubei province, said to be the original epicentre of the outbreak.