On video: The corona virus is raging in China, after the lifting of the restrictions (Walla system!)
Families in China began to burn the bodies of their loved ones, who died from Corona, in the streets, against the background of the enormous load in hospitals and cemeteries in light of the spread of the epidemic.
Beijing recently canceled the draconian "zero corona" policy that it implemented for the past three years in the fight against corona - and stopped publishing daily data on new cases and deaths.
Cemeteries and hospitals are reported to be overwhelmed with patients as health experts predict that 2.1 million deaths from the virus will be recorded in the country in the coming months.
China claims that only 5,000 people have died since restrictions were lifted.
In the videos uploaded to social networks, you can see makeshift crematoria in the streets and rural areas.
In the video, apparently shot in Shanghai, a group of people can be seen in a car park burning corpses.
Corona cases in the city soared, and according to estimates, 70% of the city's 25 million residents were infected with the virus.
According to the Bloomberg news agency, a director of funeral services in Beijing said that a cremation could be arranged within three days at a cost of 68,000 yuan ($9,600), while a same-day service would cost 88,000 yuan.
Usually, the price is only a few thousand yuan.
"The bodies are piling up everywhere," the manager told Bloomberg.
"It's crazy," the 66-year-old Beijing resident told the Daily Mail.
"Four of my relatives died. It's only in one family. I hope the government is honest with the people and the rest of the world about what's really happening here."
Rehovot corpses are burned (photo: screenshot, Twitter)
Rehovot corpses are burned (photo: screenshot, Twitter)
A line of cars waiting outside the crematorium (photo: screenshot, Twitter)
On video: hospitals and cemeteries in China are packed (Reuters) twitter
Many countries around the world have begun to limit the entry of Chinese passengers and require negative corona tests before entry due to the situation in the Asian country.
European Union health officials are expected to meet to discuss a coordinated response after Japan, Australia, South Korea, the United States, Italy and other countries imposed restrictions on the entry of Chinese.
In China, the lifting of restrictions has led to international flight bookings from China jumping 145% in recent days, according to the China Daily newspaper.
South Korea, which began testing incoming Chinese on Monday, reported that a fifth of all results were positive.
On Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping acknowledged mistakes made in his zero-coronavirus policy that failed to contain the virus and led to China's most significant popular protest in decades.
In his New Year's speech, Xi said that "unprecedented difficulties and challenges exist" and that it was "only natural" that the closures would arouse opposition.
Xi added that China is at a new stage in the fight against Corona and that it is updating the policy according to the economic situation and in order to protect lives.
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