Coronavirus patients cremated alive (video)

China in Focus (FTD.com, Feb. 24, 2020); New Zealand Herald (nzherald.co.nz, Jan. 30, 2020); Pfc. Sandoval, CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Wuhan woman says coronavirus patients are being cremated alive

Chinese officials fear pandemic (ap.org).

(NTD) In a video circulating on the Internet, a Wuhan resident who was hospitalized says she witnessed critically ill, elderly coronavirus patients sealed alive in four body bags, placed in a special box, and cremated alive.

Factories and businesses in China resume work. Some scenes of massive gatherings of Chinese people without masks are raising concerns of the outbreak situation worsening.

China quarantines epidemic by force (ap.org).

Inside one prison in eastern China, guards are forced to sign forms promising not to spread so-called "rumors" about the situation inside the prison, amid the coronavirus outbreak. Over 1,000 Hubei police are reported to infected with the virus.

As the coronavirus continues to spread globally, four countries in the Middle East reported their first cases, while Italy’s increasing numbers of cases spread fear across Europe. Source

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Coronavirus: China accused of "burning bodies in secret"

Footage has emerged from inside a Wuhan hospital where this coronavirus originated or was created/weaponized (@jenniferatntd). VIDEO restricted from playing in some geographic regions.

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World Health Organization (W.H.O.) officials, back from a visit to Beijing, expressed great concern that a dangerous new virus was spreading between people outside of China.

The number of illnesses continues to grow dramatically inside the Asian nation.

The new virus has now infected more people in China than were sickened during the 2002-2003 SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak. On Wednesday, the number of cases jumped to 5,974, surpassing the 5,327 people diagnosed with SARS.

The world has long known of coronavirus.

The death toll, which stood at 132 on Wednesday, is lower than the 348 people who died in China from SARS.

Doubts have been raised about that official death toll, however, with claims Chinese authorities have been cremating bodies [of living patients] in secret.

Chinese-language news outlet Initium interviewed people working at local cremation centers in Wuhan who say bodies are being sent directly from hospitals without being properly identified and added to the official record. Source + VIDEO

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