World health officials are worried that they are not getting enough information from China as the country ends its severe COVID-19 restrictions.
China removed many restrictions in December, causing a sharp rise in cases. Chinese state media is not reporting on the surge.
As a result, a number of governments around the world said they would require travelers coming from China to take a test for the virus.
World health officials worry that the increase in China’s cases might produce a new variant of the virus.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, said the organization needs more information from China about the number of people going into hospitals to make a proper “assessment of the situation.”
Miles Yu, the director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute in Washington, said there is a risk of major outbreaks outside of China after “unleashing a multitude of the infected to the world.”
