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'Overwhelmed with bodies': Police guard Beijing crematorium as Covid deaths rise in China

Police and security guards were stationed outside a Beijing crematorium reportedly designated to handle Covid fatalities. That contrasts with the official virus death count, which saw just two Covid fatalities recorded for Beijing this weekend, the first in almost a month. Meanwhile, staff told the FT that the bodies of at least 30 Covid victims were cremated on Wednesday, when no fatalities were recorded for all of China, let alone Beijing.