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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 Âé¶¹Éç 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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