How Bad Is China’s Covid-19 Surge?

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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P.M. Edition for Dec. 22. Assessing the true toll of rising Covid-19 cases in China has been a challenge since the government ended its “zero-Covid” approach this month. But anecdotal evidence suggests a surge in cases, especially in Beijing. The WSJ’s China bureau chief Jonathan Cheng and chief China correspondent Lingling Wei join host Annmarie Fertoli to discuss the potential undercounting of Covid deaths in China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:21.0	In China, evidence points to a surge in COVID-19 cases since Beijing ended its zero COVID policy.
0:27.0	There's a lot of fuzziness in this data, but what we've definitely seen is a lot of people get sick quick.
0:33.0	It's definitely a big human catastrophe here, and I don't know that we'll ever really know the true scale of things.
0:39.0	And a winter storm in the US threatens holiday travel as thousands of flights are canceled.
0:45.0	Plus, more details trickle out ahead of the January 6th Committee's final report.
0:49.0	It's Thursday, December 22.
0:51.0	I'm Ann Marie for Toley for the Wall Street Journal.
0:54.0	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that moved the world today.
1:07.0	Airlines have canceled thousands of flights ahead of a powerful winter storm.
1:11.0	Forecasters say could bring freezing temperatures, wind chills, and heavy snow across large swaths of the US.
1:17.0	More than 60 million Americans were under winter storm warnings as of this morning, according to the National Weather Service.
1:23.0	FedEx and UPS are warning that deliveries could be delayed.
1:27.0	The US Senate has approved a $1.65 trillion omnibus bill, which includes funding for domestic and military spending for fiscal year 2023.
1:36.0	The bipartisan legislation includes changes to the 1887 Electoral Count Act that would make it harder to block certification of a presidential election,
1:45.0	revisions to the US retirement system, and a ban on the use of TikTok on government phones.
1:50.0	Quick approval is expected in the House before it goes to President Biden's desk.
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2:05.0	Bankman-Freed made his first appearance in a New York federal court today after he was extradited from the Bahamas.
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