China slams WHO for doubting 'transparent' COVID data

U.N. health agency accuses Beijing of underreporting coronavirus deaths

Medical workers attend to COVID-19 patients at an intensive care unit converted from a conference room, at a hospital in Cangzhou, China, on Jan. 11. (China Daily via Reuters)

TSUKASA HADANO, Nikkei staff writer

January 13, 2023 00:50 JST

BEIJING -- China's Foreign Ministry responded sharply on Thursday to the World Health Organization's skepticism about the country's disclosure of COVID-19 data, calling on the WHO to examine all the facts "rationally" before making critiques.