China Is Claiming That They Have Had No New Covid-19 Coronavirus Cases For A Second Day In A Row. Are They Lying?

Image: Medical workers from outside Wuhan pose for pictures with a Chinese Communist Party flag at the Wuhan Railway Station before leaving the epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Hubei province, China March 17, 2020. Picture taken March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer CHINA OUT.

National Interest: Are China's Coronavirus Numbers Totally Bogus?

Over four months since the coronavirus began in China, the National Health Commission has announced for the second time that there are no new local cases in the country.

The pandemic of the coronavirus that has been pushing healthcare systems in the western world to their breaking point originated in the Wuhan province of China last fall. The medical consensus is that the virus was created in the bushmeat markets, where exotic animals are kept in filthy conditions and bacteria come into regular contact with people.

Over four months since the coronavirus began in China, the National Health Commission has announced for the second time that there are no new local cases in the country. Thirty-nine cases were added to the national total, although these were labeled “new imported confirmed cases.” The perception remains that the East has come through the worst of the pandemic, and the epicenter of the disease is now Europe.

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Update #1: China's new imported coronavirus cases at record; no domestic transfers for second day (Reuters)
Update #2: China reports no new coronavirus cases for second day in a row (The Hill)

WNU Editor: All that I can say is that all of my contacts in China are always skeptical on what the Beijing is saying, and some of them are former and current officials of that government. If they do not believe in what their government is saying, why should we?

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