“There are growing concerns in the international community over the ongoing COVID-19 surge in China and the lack of transparent data, including viral genomic sequence data,” US officials said, referring to the People’s Republic of China. ,
Beijing officials have acknowledged that it is “impossible” to track the outbreak and have removed the much-maligned number of cases, in addition to lowering the criteria by which Covid deaths are counted.
But it is the paucity of genomic data that has raised particular concerns overseas, making it “hard for public health officials to ensure they are able to identify any potential new variants and take prompt measures to reduce the spread.” Will be able to,” the US official said.