World Health Organisation urges China to release more Covid-19 information

China has reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had Covid-19 since early December following complaints that the government was failing to release data about the status of the pandemic (Andy Wong/AP)

The World Health Organisation has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of Covid-19 infections after the government announced nearly 60,000 deaths since early December following weeks of complaints that it was failing to tell the world what was happening.

The announcement on Saturday was the first official death toll since the ruling Communist Party abruptly dropped anti-virus restrictions in December despite a surge in infections that flooded hospitals.