Beijing Hospitals Overflow Amid Latest COVID Surge

The Associated Press reports:

Patients, mostly older people, laid on stretchers in hallways or took oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as a COVID-19 outbreak stretched public health facilities’ resources in China’s capital Beijing, even after its reported peak.

The Chuiyangliu hospital in the city’s east was packed Thursday with newly arrived patients. Beds ran out by midmorning, even as ambulances continued to bring more people in. Hard-pressed nurses and doctors rushed to take information and triage the most urgent cases.

Overseas, a growing number of governments are requiring virus tests for travelers from China, saying they are needed because the Chinese government is not sharing enough information on the outbreak.

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Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 spreads https://t.co/eMRJAbrwZv

— CP24 (@CP24) January 5, 2023

“The Chuiyangliu hospital in the city’s east was packed with newly arrived patients on Thursday. By midmorning beds had run out, even as ambulances continued to bring those in need.”https://t.co/mf2lW2iU4q

— Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) January 5, 2023