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Satellite pics show crowds at China crematoriums
Updated On: 13 January, 2023 08:43 AM IST | Beijing | Agencies
Social media posts, too, reveal long wait times at additional facilities
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A funeral home in Tongzhou, on the outskirts of Beijing, appears to have built a new parking area, according to imagery captured by Maxar on Dec 24. Pic/Maxar Technologies
The imagery captured by Maxar Technologies showed an uptick in activity at funeral homes across six different cities of China. Satellite images of a number of Chinese cities have captured crowding at crematoriums and funeral homes, amid the Covid surge across the country after Beijing lifted severe pandemic restrictions, reported The Washington Post.
An overwhelmed funeral home in Chengdu, stopped offering memorial services, budgeting just two minutes for each family to say goodbye to loved ones before cremation. A funeral parlour on the outskirts of Beijing quickly cleared space for a new parking lot. Scalpers in Shanghai sold places in line at funeral homes for $300 a pop to grieving relatives trying to get cremation slots, reported The Washington Post.
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