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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Eduardo Baptista, Julie Zhu and Albee Zhang

Long waits, high fees for cremation services in Beijing as COVID cases surge

FILE PHOTO: Workers in protective suits move a casket outside a crematorium at a funeral home, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alessandro Diviggiano/File Photo

Some residents in Beijing face waiting days to cremate relatives or paying steep fees to secure timely services, funeral home workers said, indicating a growing death toll as the Chinese capital battles a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases.

Workers at two different funeral parlours in Beijing told Reuters over the weekend there has been a surge in residents looking to cremate deceased relatives, leading to queues and delays.

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