China’s crematoriums are reportedly working 24-hours a day to try and keep up with the soaring rise in deaths from Coronavirus.

The JN.1 strain of Covid has been sweeping the world for the last month, becoming the dominant strain in many countries – including the UK and China. And in the World Health Organisation’s latest report into it, officials have also reclassified the strain as its own separate variant, rather than being a variant of interest connected to others.

The report states: “In recent weeks, JN.1 continues to be reported in multiple countries, and its prevalence has been rapidly increasing globally and now represents the vast majority of BA.2.86 descendent lineages reported to GISAID. Due to its rapidly increasing spread, WHO is classifying JN.1 as a separate variant of interest (VOI) from the parent lineage BA.2.86.”

And now, speaking to local news outlets, locals in Henan, China have told just how bad the situation is – with one person claiming that government-run crematoriums are firing non-stop.

Going only as Mr Zhou, he said: “There are eight crematoriums in the funeral home, all cremating corpses 24 hours a day, which is quite scary.

“The morgues of government-run funeral homes cannot meet the needs of the public. In the past three years, many private funeral homes have opened, and business has been booming. The number of local funerals has increased sharply. Now, the crematoriums are operating every day, and the corpses waiting to be burned are put in the freezers. It takes a long time to wait in line for cremation.”

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