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Over 10 of our 60 staff are positive (for Covid) but we have no choice, it&#8217;s been so busy lately,&#8221; one crematorium staffer told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are cremating 20 bodies a day, mostly old people. A lot of people have been getting sick recently.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another Beijing crematorium told AFP that there was a week-long waiting list for a spot.<\/p>\n<p>A recent study by researchers at the University of Hong Kong estimated China could experience about a million Covid deaths this winter without timely intervention such as fourth-dose booster vaccinations and social restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>China has only reported nine official deaths from Covid since mid-November, despite logging more than 10,000 daily infections since then.<\/p>\n<p>There were no Covid deaths reported nationwide between May 28 and November 19.<\/p>\n<p>In the earliest Wuhan outbreak, many deaths of Covid-positive patients went unreported due to strict national criteria for classifying Covid-related deaths, Chinese media reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Closed loop &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Managers of five nursing homes told Chinese media in a Thursday report that they were unable to procure antigen tests or medicines due to shortages, and had no emergency plans for a wide-scale outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Staff at multiple Beijing nursing homes contacted by AFP Friday refused to speak about conditions there.<\/p>\n<p>Many elderly homes nationwide have continued pandemic-era &#8220;closed-loop&#8221; protocols in which staff are required to live on-site, according to notices posted online in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, China&#8217;s lack of a primary care system means that hospital facilities are easily swamped by an influx of people with relatively minor ailments.<\/p>\n<p>Videos of Covid patients sitting on stools receiving saline drips outside crowded hospitals have also been going viral on social media in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>AFP geolocated one video to a hospital in Hanchuan county, Hubei province, whose staff confirmed it was filmed Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The patients in the video volunteered to sit outside in the sun because it was&#8230; a little bit crowded inside,&#8221; the staffer told AFP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing (AFP), Dec 16 &#8211; Workers at Beijing crematoriums said Friday they are overwhelmed as China faces a surge in Covid cases that authorities warn could hit its underdeveloped rural hinterland during upcoming public holidays. 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