China Reports New Omicron Variant Spreading in 9 Provinces; Populace Fearful, Mortuaries Overwhelmed

People line up outside a fever clinic at a hospital in the morning in in Beijing, China, on Dec. 11, 2022. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

COVID-19 cases have been increasing in China since the ruling communist regime eased its “zero-COVID” restrictions on Dec. 7.

Netizens have been reporting that hospitals and mortuaries are being overwhelmed by demand, particularly in nine provinces where the relatively new Omicron coronavirus subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 have been reported to be spreading quickly.