Covid in China: 'I'm seeing a building picture of chaos'
A sudden lifting of many of China's Covid restrictions has caused nationwide outbreaks - as well as confusion and anger on social media.
Chinese authorities are reporting no new fatalities, despite widespread reports and images of overloaded hospitals and crematoriums.
Kerry Allen is 麻豆社 Monitoring's China specialist. She's been monitoring the reporting of Covid cases on Chinese social and state media. What has she been seeing?
(Photo: Health workers wait for people to scan a health code to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on December 22. Credit: Getty Images)
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