China Covid horror: Leaked memo predicts 250m infections as crematoriums overwhelmed

China has spent the overwhelming majority of the last two years cleaving to a “zero-Covid” policy which saw the strict application of public health measures like lockdowns, quarantines, mass testing and closure of businesses, schools, shops and other public amenities.

However, in the face of growing backlash from an increasingly exasperated public and significant impacts on the national economy, Beijing officials abruptly ended the majority of the measures earlier this month.

The move has seen case numbers soar with reports that hospitals in the capital and city beyond are filling up with new Covid patients. Experts fear the mortality rate among senior citizens, who are more vulnerable to severe infection.

According to the reports, a staggering 37 million people, or over half the population of the UK, were newly infected with COVID-19 on Tuesday alone, which is in significant contrast to the official figures, which reported 3,049 new infections that day.

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