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b'A top World Health Organization public health official is adding nuance to the agency\\u2019s call for more transparency from China, which is coping with a crippling COVID-19 outbreak since it ended its zero-COVID policy last month. Maria Van Kerkhove, Ph.D., WHO Technical Lead for COVID-19 Response, tells \\u201cConversations on Health Care\\u201d that \\u201cWe really need better understanding on the burden and the hospitalizations and we need more information on the sequences\\u2026they have detected known sub-variances\\u2026but we need those sequences to be shared publicly. We want China to work with us to really determine within those sublineages\\u2026is there anything else within those sequences that\\u2019s different. And we need a global community to look at that. And work directly with us to do a full risk assessment. \\u201cRight now they\\u2019re going through a massive wave of Omicron. This virus, as transmissible as it is, is passing through the population. They are sharing information. It\\u2019s just not enough. It\\u2019s just not as detailed as we\\u2019d like.\\u201d Van Kerkhove joins hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter to share her insights. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/'