Coronavirus
Coronavirus outbreak: Voices from China

Shanghai hospitals overwhelmed as Covid cases spike

A month after mainland China ditched its zero-Covid policy, hospitals have been seeing a surge in the number of Covid-19 patients. The Post visited two hospitals in Shanghai, where emergency rooms were swamped with patients, many of them elderly. 

 

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