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from buffalo, hardest hit by the blizzard of the century welcome to bbc news. italy has become the first european country to order covid tests for visitors from china, following growing alarm at the rapid rise in chinese infections. earlier, taiwan said it would introduce a similar scheme. japan and india have already ordered travellers from china to be monitored. the us could follow suit. there s concern travellers could bring new variants of the disease. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes. china s hospitals are overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding terrifying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at the dongjiao funeral home, one of the city

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