Dhe videos currently circulating on Chinese social media bring back memories of the early stages of the pandemic. Yellow body bags are piled up in front of a crematorium said to be in Beijing. There are mobile cooling systems in the backyard, because apparently there is not enough space to store the many corpses until they are cremated. Pictures taken in a hospital in the central Chinese city of Chongqing show an overcrowded hospital room. Patients lie on the floor between the occupied beds, almost all of whom are on drips.
The videos give a first indication that the corona virus is raging in China much worse than the government admits. Just looking at the official statistics released every day by the National Health Commission might give the impression that the situation is under control. On Friday, the commission reported 3761 new corona diseases for the whole country. For the fourth day in a row there should have been no new deaths.
