Foreign news agencies reported on Friday, January 6, 2023 that the situation of the outbreak of the virusCOVID-19 In China, especially in Beijing, it seems to be getting worse. At least one hospital in the capital does not have enough beds to accommodate the growing number of patients. While the resources of the public health sector began to dwindle everywhere.
“We don’t have a bed. no oxygen. But we have a room full of patients waiting for treatment,” an emergency department official at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital told the Financial Times over the Christmas break.
Chuiyangliu Hospital in eastern Beijing There were so many new patients on January 5 that it was impossible to check patients properly. While it has also been reported that many hospitals are telling patients to bring their own mattresses. due to hospital bed shortages The Associated Press published photos of several elderly people lying on saline or oxygen on makeshift beds in the hallway while waiting for a doctor to arrive.
However, the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in China erupted after the government suddenly relaxed strict containment measures following a three-year zero-COVID policy. without increasing the vaccination of people While the hospital was not prepared to handle the growing number of patients.
Recent assessments indicate that Number of deaths from COVID-19 In China, this could rise from 9,000 per day to as high as 25,000 per day in January. This is contrary to the official figure which the Chinese government said was 5,227 deaths before the zero-covid measures were lifted.
The World Health Organization has also expressed concern about China’s lack of transparency on the current situation, with Dr Michael Ryan, director of emergency health programs at WHO, arguing. Information from the Chinese government does not reflect the true impact of the COVID-19 virus. Both in terms of patients admitted to hospitals, in intensive care and in the number of deaths.
Mao Ning, Foreign Ministry spokesmanChinahe told reporters on Thursday that the COVID situation in China is under control. But even the image that appears does not look like it. In the online world there are more and more images of the cremation of the deceased on the street. Because the number of dead has increased until the place to deposit the bodies is not enough.
A video posted to Twitter shows a wooden coffin burning by the side of a road in rural China. Another clip shows family members gathering in a parking lot and cremating the deceased.
The Bloomberg news agency reported that A funeral home has been dealing with more than 500 deaths, five times the normal number, according to a Shanghai family. They feel lucky that it is winter now. Because they had to wait up to 5 days for the authorities to come and collect the bodies of their deceased relatives. An employee of the Longhua Funeral Home said the entire system was now crippled.
