China reports almost 13,000 new Covid-related deaths in January 13-19 period, adding to the nearly 60,000 in the month-or-so before that
Hospitals and funeral homes have been overwhelmed since China abandoned the world's strictest regime of Covid controls and mass testing in early December.
That marked a huge increase from the 5,000-plus deaths reported previously over the entire pandemic period. That abrupt policy U-turn, which followed historic protests against the curbs, unleashed Covid on a population of 1.4 billion that had been largely shielded from the disease since it emerged in the city of Wuhan in late 2019.Travel rush raising concerns
As millions of migrant workers return home for Lunar New Year celebrations, health experts are particularly concerned about people living in China's vast countryside, where medical facilities are poor compared with those in the affluent coastal areas.
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