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Wakati China ikiendelea na msimamo wake wa kulegeza masharti ya tahadhari ya UVIKO-19 kwa wasafiri, upande wa pili vifo hivyo vimeendeleza maswali kuhusu uhalisia wa maambukizi ya virusi ilivyo Nchini humo.
Baada ya kifo cha mwanamuziki Chu Lanlan (40), hivi karibuni, familia ya msanii huyo haikuweka wazi chanzo. Inadaiwa pia hospitali na vituo vya afya vimezidiwa na namba ya wagonjwa wenye maambukizi.
China pia imesitisha kutangaza takwimu za maambukizi na ikisema kuna vifo 22 tangu Desemba 2022.
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China Covid: Celebrity deaths spark fears over death toll
The growing number of Chinese public figures whose deaths are being made public is prompting people to question the official Covid death toll.
The death of Chu Lanlan, a 40-year-old opera singer, last month came as a shock to many, given how young she was.
Her family said they were saddened by her "abrupt departure", but did not give details of the cause of her death.
China scrapped its strict zero-Covid policy in December and has seen a rapid surge of infections and deaths.
There are reports of hospitals and crematoria becoming overwhelmed.
But the country has stopped publishing daily cases data, and has announced only 22 Covid deaths since December, using its own strict criteria.
Now only those who die from respiratory illnesses such as pneumonia are counted.
On Wednesday the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that China was under-representing the true impact of Covid in the country - in particular deaths.
But the deaths of Chu Lanlan and others is sparking speculation about greater losses than those reported on official accounts.
According to the specialist news website Operawire, Chu Lanlan was a soprano who specialised in Peking Opera - a theatrical art in which performers use speech, song, dance and combat movements to tell stories - and was also involved in charitable causes.
On New Year's Day news of the death of actor Gong Jintang devastated many Chinese internet users.
Gong, 83, was known to many households for his performance in the country's longest-running TV series, In-Laws, Out-laws. His portrait of Father Kang had captivated fans for more than two decades since the show first aired in 2000.
The cause of his death is unclear, but many social media users linked it to the recent deaths of other older people.
"Please god, please treat the elderly better," his co-star Hu Yanfen wrote on Chinese social media platform Weibo.
"R.I.P Father Kang. This wave have really claimed many elders' lives, let's make sure we protect the elderly in our families," one user wrote on Weibo.
Acclaimed scriptwriter Ni Zhen was also among recent deaths. The 84-year-old was famous for his work on the 1991 film Raise the Red Lantern, which is widely considered to be one of the best Chinese films by critics.
Meanwhile Hu Fuming, a former journalist and retired professor of Nanjing University, died on 2 January at the age of 87.
He was the main author of a famous commentary published in 1978 that marked the start of the China's "Boluan Fanzheng" period - a time of eliminating chaos and returning to normal after the upheaval of the Cultural Revolution under the country's first Communist leader Mao Zedong.
Source: BBC
Baada ya kifo cha mwanamuziki Chu Lanlan (40), hivi karibuni, familia ya msanii huyo haikuweka wazi chanzo. Inadaiwa pia hospitali na vituo vya afya vimezidiwa na namba ya wagonjwa wenye maambukizi.
China pia imesitisha kutangaza takwimu za maambukizi na ikisema kuna vifo 22 tangu Desemba 2022.
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China Covid: Celebrity deaths spark fears over death toll
The growing number of Chinese public figures whose deaths are being made public is prompting people to question the official Covid death toll.
The death of Chu Lanlan, a 40-year-old opera singer, last month came as a shock to many, given how young she was.
Her family said they were saddened by her "abrupt departure", but did not give details of the cause of her death.
China scrapped its strict zero-Covid policy in December and has seen a rapid surge of infections and deaths.
There are reports of hospitals and crematoria becoming overwhelmed.
But the country has stopped publishing daily cases data, and has announced only 22 Covid deaths since December, using its own strict criteria.
Now only those who die from respiratory illnesses such as pneumonia are counted.
On Wednesday the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that China was under-representing the true impact of Covid in the country - in particular deaths.
But the deaths of Chu Lanlan and others is sparking speculation about greater losses than those reported on official accounts.
According to the specialist news website Operawire, Chu Lanlan was a soprano who specialised in Peking Opera - a theatrical art in which performers use speech, song, dance and combat movements to tell stories - and was also involved in charitable causes.
On New Year's Day news of the death of actor Gong Jintang devastated many Chinese internet users.
Gong, 83, was known to many households for his performance in the country's longest-running TV series, In-Laws, Out-laws. His portrait of Father Kang had captivated fans for more than two decades since the show first aired in 2000.
The cause of his death is unclear, but many social media users linked it to the recent deaths of other older people.
"Please god, please treat the elderly better," his co-star Hu Yanfen wrote on Chinese social media platform Weibo.
"R.I.P Father Kang. This wave have really claimed many elders' lives, let's make sure we protect the elderly in our families," one user wrote on Weibo.
Acclaimed scriptwriter Ni Zhen was also among recent deaths. The 84-year-old was famous for his work on the 1991 film Raise the Red Lantern, which is widely considered to be one of the best Chinese films by critics.
Meanwhile Hu Fuming, a former journalist and retired professor of Nanjing University, died on 2 January at the age of 87.
He was the main author of a famous commentary published in 1978 that marked the start of the China's "Boluan Fanzheng" period - a time of eliminating chaos and returning to normal after the upheaval of the Cultural Revolution under the country's first Communist leader Mao Zedong.
Source: BBC