Stacks of Urns in Wuhan Prompt New Questions of Virus’s Toll

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[Brainsucker]

Despite the problem in their own country, US propaganda machine is work at full speed. What wrong with them? Why don't they stop and start to work together for humanity? Corona virus is the enemy of mankind. Everyone should work together.

If China is failed, then no hope for those 120.000 patients in US soil either.

 

[riscol]

The US is in a more dire situation with over 100.000 infected cases and the number of deaths over 2000. In reality US could have up to 2 million people infected already. Shouldn't F22Raptor making a stop at the local hospital for a covid-19 test just to make sure he is clean?

 

[Trango Towers]

It's quite possible the casualties were far higher than official figures. But it's also very possible now the virus is under containment.

 

[GumNaam]

The long lines and stacks of ash urns greeting family members of the dead at funeral homes in Wuhan are spurring questions about the true scale of coronavirus casualties at the epicenter of the outbreak, renewing pressure on a Chinese government struggling to control its containment narrative.



The families of those who succumbed to the virus in the central Chinese city, where the disease first emerged in December, were allowed to pick up their cremated ashes at eight local funeral homes starting this week. As they did, photos circulated on Chinese social media of thousands of urns being ferried in.


Outside one funeral home, trucks shipped inabout 2,500 urns on both Wednesday and Thursday, according to Chinese media outlet Caixin. Another picture published by Caixin showed 3,500 urns stacked on the ground inside. It’s unclear how many of the urns had been filled.



People who answered the phone at six of the eight funeral homes in Wuhan said they either did not have data on how many urns were waiting to be collected, or were not authorized to disclose the numbers. Calls were not answered at the other two.

Some families said they had been forced to wait for several hours to pick up the ashes. The photos circulated as mass deaths from the virus spiked in cities across the west, including Milan, Madrid and New York, where hospitals were erecting tents to handle the overflow as global infections soar past 500,000, with 24,000 dead.


According to Chinese government figures, 2,535 people in Wuhan have died of the virus. The announcement that a lockdown in place since January would be lifted came after China said its tally of new cases had hit zero and stepped up diplomatic outreach to other countries hard hit by the virus, sending some of them medical supplies.



But some in China have been skeptical of the accuracy of the official tally, particularly given Wuhan’s overwhelmed medical system, authorities’ attempts to cover up the outbreak in its initial stages, and multiple revisions to the way official cases are counted. Residents on social media have demanded disciplinary action against top Wuhan officials.

Many people who died had Covid-19 symptoms, but weren’t tested and excluded from the official case tally, Caixin said. There were also patients who died of other diseases due to a lack of proper treatment when hospitals were overwhelmed dealing with those who had the coronavirus.

There were 56,007 cremations in Wuhan in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to datafrom the city’s civil affairs agency. The number of cremations was 1,583 higher than those in the fourth quarter of 2018 and 2,231 higher than the fourth quarter of 2017.

Mourning Restrictions
The families of the deceased may not be able to say a proper goodbye to their loved ones just yet. Wuhan’s government issued a statement on Thursday prohibiting individuals in the city from tomb-sweeping activities until April 30, meaning they would not be able to observe the traditional April 4 Ching Ming Festival, or tomb sweeping holiday. Other provinces including Guangxi and Zhejiang have also announced similar restrictions.

Two locals in Wuhan who have lost family members to the virus said online that they were informed they had to be accompanied by their employers or officials from neighborhood committees when picking up the urns, likely as a measure against public gatherings.

“I was told by district government to wait until further notice on when I can pick up my father’s ashes,” one Wuhan resident using the name “Xue Zai Shou Zhong,” meaning “snow in hand,” posted on Weibo. “There is a staggered arrangement for urn collecting.”

Another Weibo user using the handle Adagier said she lost her husband to the coronavirus and had since been contacted by police warning her not to be too emotional -- and to stop posting online.

“I have only one demand,” she wrote. “I want to give my husband a proper burial as soon as possible.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...in-wuhan-prompt-new-questions-of-virus-s-toll

oh for God's sakes mister blomberg, STOP FRIGGIN WORRYING ABOUT CHINA AND WORRY ABOUT YOUR OWN COUNTRY FOR ONCE! there are 10 dead patients ALONE in the hospital where my wife works & the staff has no protective gear or barriers! China took care of itself however they did it! can you get the trump administration to pull its head outta its bunghole & get serious instead of stupidly trying to make China look bad? they can show their seriousness by removing that test cpr dummy mike pence as the head of covid crisis management team & putting a REAL medical doctor in charge!

 

[Khanivore]

@F-22Raptor Dude, like seriously. How much do you get paid? Like 2 rupees per piece?

 

[riscol]

F22raptor is putting more priority to all sorts of new US military weapon development containing China and all the bad corona news happening in China rather than looking what's happening in the US. What is wrong with that guy? US medical facilities cannot cope with the dire situation as panic starts to spread within the US.

 

[SEAISI]

Soon the OP will need a ventilator to survive. Opps, it's MIC, you can't use it

 

[Amazon]

If thats the case the I wonder how is China helping other countries by sending masks, test kits, Ventilators, Medical Supplies and people?? I suspect it to be fake

Yes all masks and ventilators are fake or cheap or dirt.

 

[Han Patriot]

@F-22Raptor Dude, like seriously. How much do you get paid? Like 2 rupees per piece?

A dime a minute. He is the one dime hero... And I thought commie drones were desperate. Lol

Yes all masks and ventilators are fake or cheap or dirt.

Seriously India should stop buying to the tune of 60 bil USD fake Chinese stuff.

 

[Khanivore]

Seriously India should stop buying to the tune of 60 bil USD fake Chinese stuff.

Well they're fools if they keep buying $60Bn of fake goods. Shameless.

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

Yes all masks and ventilators are fake or cheap or dirt.

then why are they sending those cheap things to other countries with medical personnel? If cases are very serious in China then even cheap things can be useful. These news look fake literally. A country in that serious condition would never give donations to others like that

 

[Indos]

China is quite save now, so what ever happen in the past is not really that important. Despite so I believe Chinese transperancy on this outbreak, even they made app that tell where exactly the patience come from, and it is so detail that make Chinese citizen would know whether some one near their neighborhood get infected or not. Just Watch Aljazeera documentary yesterday about lockdown in Beijing.