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With one of the lowest coronavirus tolls in the world, China has been routinely accused of downplaying infections and deaths for political reasons
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With one of the lowest coronavirus tolls in the world, China has been routinely accused of downplaying infections and deaths for political reasons
At the public hospital in Shanghai where Nora, a 30-year-old doctor, works, tension has spiraled since China relaxed its stringent zero-COVID policy on Dec. 7.
After years of enforcing harsh measures to stamp out the coronavirus, President Xi Jinping's abrupt abandonment of zero-COVID in the face of protests and a widening outbreak has left China scrambling to avert a collapse of its public health system.
Patients quarrel with doctors to access drugs that are in short supply, like cough medicines and pain killers. Medics are overloaded; infected staff continue to work because of a scarcity of personnel.
By Farah Master and David Stanway HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - At the public hospital in Shanghai where Nora, a 30-year-old doctor, works, tension h...