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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Hospitals Overflow in China’s COVID Wave

Hospitals in the central Chinese city of Chongqing are overflowing with Covid cases as the country battles a coronavirus wave © Noel CELIS / AFP

China is battling a wave of infections that has hit the elderly hard, but has officially logged only a handful of deaths from the coronavirus after the government redefined the criteria by which Covid deaths are counted.

At No. 5 People's Hospital in Chongqing, the main entrance lobby had been converted into a makeshift Covid ward when AFP visited on Friday.

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