China's Covid crisis: Parking lot filled with makeshifts beds as hospitals overflow - Watch video

In the video, a parking lot in Chongqing city was reportedly converted into a makeshift space for Covid-19 patients.

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China has been in the spotlight for its surging Covid cases and deaths due to mass infections and an overwhelmed healthcare system. Chinese authorities have attempted to portray a stable image of the concerning situation and claimed that there are measures to deal with the massive surge. The rise in cases came after China loosened the grip of its 'Zero Covid policy' in response to rare civilian protests against the strict measures. But now, cases are spiralling and according to social media videos, Chinese hospitals are unable to house Covid patients or even dead bodies. 

An independent journalist Jennifer Zeng shared a video of a parking lot that was converted into a makeshift lot with beds for Covid patients. The video is reportedly from Chongqing city. 

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At Shi Qiaopu Funeral Home in #Chongqing City (重庆石桥铺), bodies are "overflowed" into the parking lot...#chinacovid #ChinaCovidCases #ChinaCovidSurge #ChinaCovidDeaths #ChinaCovidNightmare #COVID #COVID19 #ZeroCovid #CCPVirus #CCP #China #CCPChina pic.twitter.com/jmJ7Pdq0si

— Inconvenient Truths by Jennifer Zeng 曾錚真言 (@jenniferzeng97) December 25, 2022

In another video shared by Zeng, dead bodies were seen wrapped in blue plastic bags and tied together. The pile of bodies was seen lying on the hospital floor as if objects were laid down.

The Chinese government has recently eased its strict zero-Covid policy, resulting in a spike in coronavirus cases caused by the Omicron variant. Officials claim that the Omicron strain is not as deadly as the Delta variant, but COVID-19 has been classified as a top category 'A' infectious disease, on par with bubonic plague and cholera. Under Chinese law, authorities must implement stringent measures such as quarantine, isolation, and lockdowns in order to contain the spread of the disease. These announcements come at a time when the country is grappling with a sudden increase in infections.

(Note: Zee News could not confirm the authenticity of the mentioned video.)