"The hospital is completely overburdened," Bernstein told Reuters. "The ICU is full," he noted, as are the emergency department, fever clinic, and other wards.
Digital Desk: The Covid-19 horror continues in China, despite the country's decision to halt its zero Covid policy, which includes mass testings, targeted lockdowns, and travel restrictions.
Back in China, hospitals in Hebei are turning away patients, and sick people are sleeping on benches in hospital corridors or lying on the floor, according to India Today.
"He has never seen anything like this," said Beijing-based doctor Howard Bernstein, as patients continue to pour in.
"The hospital is completely overburdened," Bernstein told Reuters. "The ICU is full," he noted, as are the emergency department, fever clinic, and other wards.
Zhejiang, a large industrial province near Shanghai in China, is said to be dealing with a million new Covid-19 infections per day. The figure is anticipated to more than double in the coming days.
Long lines have also been seen outside funeral homes. Several videos have emerged on social media sites depicting gruesome images from China's cremation grounds, where there is a huge line for last rites.
An epidemiologist and health economist named Eric Feigl-Ding posted a video claiming that the "worsening Covid-19" is yet to come.
"It shouldn't take graphic videos of overflowing mortuaries and death bags to convince you of China's problem. RUNNING OUT OF OXYGEN... even at top-tier hospitals in the capital... it's becoming that bad, "On Sunday, he tweeted.
According to specialists, the number of Covid cases and deaths in China is anticipated to reach 100 million, with 1 million deaths. "Based on mathematical calculations, we expect close to 100 million Covid cases in China, five million hospitalisations, and one million deaths, which is a massive number," Dr Neeraj Kumar Gupta, HOD of Pulmonary Medicine at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital, told ANI.
He went on to say that China is at the same level as India, but that India is now more experienced in fighting the virus.
Despite this, residents of Beijing and Shanghai crammed metro trains on Monday as they commuted to work.
"I am ready to live with the epidemic," Shanghai resident Lin Zixin, 25, told Reuters.
It should also be mentioned that China has restricted its definition of Covid-related deaths. In its official Covid-19 death toll, it only includes deaths from pneumonia or respiratory failure.
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