'Deceased, deceased,' a staffer in full protective gear shouted as she handed a nurse a death certificate, their hospital in central China overflowing with Covid patients....
"Deceased, deceased," a staffer in full protective gear shouted as she handed a nurse a death certificate, their hospital in central China overflowing with Covid patients....
China is battling a wave of coronavirus infections that has hit the elderly hard but resulted in only a handful of reported deaths after the government redefined the criteria by which Covid-19 fatalities are counted. In a nearby room, about 40 mostly elderly and middle-aged patients sat on sofas and lay on beds receiving IV drips, some coughing.In an intensive care unit next door, three people lay on beds attached to respirators and heart monitoring equipment.At the emergency department, around 50 people queued for triage, including Covid patients, with one person at the front of the queue telling AFP they had waited for more than an hour.
A woman in her 20s told AFP she suspected her father had died of Covid, though he had not been tested.
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