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Crematoriums in China struggle as COVID spreads

People line up to buy antigen test kits for COVID-19 at a pharmacy in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on December 19, 2022 [China Daily via Reuters]

Crematoriums in cities across China are straining to deal with an influx of bodies amid a widening COVID-19 outbreak, media reports said, as authorities scrambled to install hospital beds and build fever-screening clinics.

Crematoriums in the cities of Beijing, Chongqing and Guangzhou told the AFP news agency on Tuesday that they were much busier than normal, with one of the facilities reporting running out of space for bodies.

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