Bloomberg learned about the "paralysis of the system" in China due to deaths from COVID

In Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other cities in CHINAcrematoria are overcrowded, relatives of patients who died from CORONAVIRUS are forced to stand in long lines, the agency found out.Authorities deny large-scale spread of infection

A sharp increase in the number of cases of coronavirus in China has led to overcrowding of crematoria across the country, BLOOMBERG writes based on a survey of eyewitnesses, funeral professionals and experts.

Officially, about 12 people died from the coronavirus, but the actual number of patients who died is unknown, the agency points out. Deaths in China could rise from 9,000 to 25,000 a day during January, as long-distance and international travel increases in time for the Lunar New Year, British research firm Airfinity has concluded. She specializes in predictive medical analytics.

Funeral home workers in Beijing and Shanghai told Bloomberg that crematoria are open every night and the nearest vacant cremation site is in mid-January. One of the employees of the Shanghai crematorium said that "the whole system is now paralyzed", noting that no one can cope with this.

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One of the crematoriums in Longhua (Shenzhen region) reported the arrival of more than 500 bodies per day, and each family was given five to ten minutes to say goodbye to a deceased relative in a cramped room, the agency writes. The crematorium introduced an online booking system in late December that allows people to wait for a phone call. One of the crematory staff members pointed out, “Right now, we can't tell people the date of the cremation. You just have to get in line first."

Long queues have sparked a shady business of selling seats in line, with members claiming to have connections with hospital and crematorium staff. According to Bloomber, cremation is proposed to be organized within three days for 68 thousand yuan (672.8 thousand rubles), on the same day - for 88 thousand yuan (870.7 thousand rubles), while before this the service cost several thousand yuan.

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Protests erupted in China in November over a "zero tolerance" policy for covid-19 , which called for severe restrictions even with a small rise in cases. it has been adhered to in Beijing since 2020. Following the demonstrations, the National HEALTH Commission agreed to ease the restrictions.

The abrupt lifting of measures led to a new outbreak of the disease: in December, almost 250 million people in China were infected with COVID-19, Bloomberg reported. The authorities did not confirm this information: according to official data, 3.7 thousand new cases of coronavirus were detected in the country on December 22, and the total number of confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic reached 393 thousand. Then the country stopped publishing daily data on the incidence.

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