A nurse checks on a newborn baby in a maternity hospital in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. A population that has crested and is gradually beginning to shrink will pose new challenges for Chinese leaders ranging from persuading seniors to stay in the workforce, to encouraging young people to start families and parents to allow their children to join the military. (Chinatopix via AP)

A nurse takes care of a newborn baby in a maternity hospital in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. A population that has crested and is gradually beginning to shrink will pose new challenges for Chinese leaders ranging from persuading seniors to stay in the workforce, to encouraging young people to start families and parents to allow their children to join the military. (Chinatopix via AP)

Family members of the deceased line up for the cremation procedures at a funeral home in Shanghai, China on Jan. 4, 2023. China on Saturday, Jan. 14, reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints the government was failing to release data about the status of the pandemic. (Chinatopix Via AP)

Family members of the deceased wait for the cremation procedures at a funeral home in Shanghai, China on Jan. 4, 2023. China on Saturday, Jan. 14, reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints the government was failing to release data about the status of the pandemic. (Chinatopix Via AP)

A woman with COVID symptoms receives intravenous drip while using a high flow nasal cannula at the emergency ward of a hospital in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province on Jan. 4, 2023. China's healthcare authorities declined to include Pfizer's COVID-treatment drug in a national reimbursement list that would have allowed patients to get it at a cheaper price throughout the country, saying it was too expensive. (Chinatopix Via AP)

A nurse holds a drug talks to an elderly patient as patients with COVID symptoms receive intravenous drips at the emergency ward of a hospital in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province on Jan. 4, 2023. China's healthcare authorities declined to include Pfizer's COVID-treatment drug in a national reimbursement list that would have allowed patients to get it at a cheaper price throughout the country, saying it was too expensive. (Chinatopix Via AP)

Elderly patients with COVID symptoms receive intravenous drips at the emergency ward of a hospital in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province on Jan. 4, 2023. China's healthcare authorities declined to include Pfizer's COVID-treatment drug in a national reimbursement list that would have allowed patients to get it at a cheaper price throughout the country, saying it was too expensive. (Chinatopix Via AP)

A nurse shows the drugs to a family members as elderly patients with COVID symptoms receive intravenous drips while using a ventilators at the emergency ward of a hospital in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province on Jan. 4, 2023. China's healthcare authorities declined to include Pfizer's COVID-treatment drug in a national reimbursement list that would have allowed patients to get it at a cheaper price throughout the country, saying it was too expensive. (Chinatopix Via AP)

Family members look after their elderly relatives with COVID symptoms at the emergency ward of a hospital in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province on Jan. 4, 2023. China's healthcare authorities declined to include Pfizer's COVID-treatment drug in a national reimbursement list that would have allowed patients to get it at a cheaper price throughout the country, saying it was too expensive. (Chinatopix Via AP)

An employee works in a weaving factory in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Forecasters say the abrupt decision by President Xi Jinping's government to end controls that shut down factories and kept millions of people at home will move up the timeline for economic recovery, but might disrupt activity this year as businesses scramble to adapt. (Chinatopix via AP)

A worker looks at rolls of fabric in a weaving factory in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Forecasters say the abrupt decision by President Xi Jinping's government to end controls that shut down factories and kept millions of people at home will move up the timeline for economic recovery, but might disrupt activity this year as businesses scramble to adapt. (Chinatopix via AP)

People look after their elderly relatives lying on stretchers and receiving intravenous drips while using ventilators at the Changhai Hospital hall in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. Some even say many of the reported numbers are meaningless. (Chinatopix Via AP)

Patients, most of them elderly with covid symptoms, are crowded at the Changhai Hospital hall as they receive medical treatment, in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. Some even say many of the reported numbers are meaningless. (Chinatopix Via AP)

Patients with covid symptoms receive intravenous drips while using a ventilators at the crowded Changhai Hospital hall in Shanghai, China on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. Some even say many of the reported numbers are meaningless. (Chinatopix Via AP)

A medical worker attends a woman with her relative lying on a stretcher as patients receive medical treatment at the Changhai Hospital hall in Shanghai, China on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. Some even say many of the reported numbers are meaningless. (Chinatopix Via AP)