Dozens of hearses lined up outside a Beijing crematorium, even as China reported no new Covid-19 deaths in its growing outbreak, sparking criticism of its virus accounting.
, sparking criticism of its virus accounting as the capital braces for a surge of severe cases.
Inside, family and friends, many wearing white clothing and headbands as is tradition, were gathered around roughly 20 coffins awaiting cremation. Staff wore hazmat suits. Smoke rose from five of the 15 furnaces.Reuters could not verify whether the deaths were caused by Covid. NBC News has not verified the account.
Benjamin Mazer, an assistant professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University, said that classification would miss “a lot of cases,” especially as people who are vaccinated, including with the Chinese shots, are less likely to die of pneumonia.Ng Han Guan / AP The death toll might rise sharply in the near future, with state-run Global Times citing a leading Chinese respiratory expert predicting a spike in severe cases in Beijing over the coming weeks.
Wang expects the Covid wave to peak in late January, with life likely to return to normal by end-February or early March. “I do not think that this is a threat to the world,” he said. “The chances are that the virus will behave like every other human virus and adapt to the environment in which it circulates by becoming more transmissible and less virulent.”
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