Chinese crematoriums overwhelmed as new wave of Covid sweeps across the country

Crematoriums in China are reportedly overwhelmed as a new wave of Covid sweeps across the country. The Chinese Communist Party ended its Zero-Covid policy earlier this month after protests

China's disastrous zero-Covid policy ended earlier this month (

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China faces a new crisis as its crematoriums are overwhelmed by a new wave of Covid.

Restrictions were eased on December 7 after years of an oppressive containment strategy that led to large protests in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-run totalitarian state.

Up to 1.6 million people are feared to be killed as the virus takes hold again.

An employee at a funeral home overwhelmed with the deaths of people said he couldn't "burn them all" because they cremate about 20-30 bodies each day.

Zhao Yongsheng said, "There have been so many deaths. They work day and night, but they can't burn them all.

Zhao estimated they were cremating three or four people a day before Covid restrictions were eased.

China would have a lower level of immunity due to its containment policy (

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China's zero civid policy differed from the approach of other countries, where the combination of high infection rates and a massive rollout of vaccines would have helped create higher levels of protection...