A couple of weeks after reports first emerged that China was likely underreporting its number of COVID-19-related deaths, the Chinese government has finally come out and confirmed what a lot of people already suspected.
On Thursday, China announced that it was revising its death toll from the pandemic, with the official death toll in Wuhan now 50 per cent higher than had previously been announced.
It’s possible — maybe even likely — that the true numbers are higher still, but it certainly proves that people were correct to have suspicions about the original claims from the Chinese government.
You might also recall that when asked about these concerns a couple of weeks ago, Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu was quick to dismiss any