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COVID-19 tears through China after easing of pandemic curbs

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A nurse gives a shot of COVID vaccine to an old woman at a community health center in Nantong in eastern China's Jiangsu province Friday, Dec. 9. Nearly three years after it was first identified in China, the coronavirus is now spreading through the vast country. Experts predict difficult months ahead for its 1.4 billion people.
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a woman wearing a face mask receives a second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine through the nose, at a temporary vaccination site in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 17.
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Workers transfer a body into a container for storage at a crematorium in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 17.
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Family members in protective gear collect the cremated remains of their loved one bundled with yellow cloth at a crematorium in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 17.
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A family member carries the photo of a deceased relative outside a crematorium in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 17.
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Men carry a casket outside a crematorium in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 17.
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Medical workers push a man past an ambulance at the Baoding No. 2 Central Hospital in Zhuozhou city in northern China's Hebei province on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
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A waiting area outside the Baoding No. 2 Central Hospital in Zhuozhou city in northern China's Hebei province on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
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Visitors wait in the emergency department at the Baoding No. 2 Central Hospital in Zhuozhou city in northern China's Hebei province on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
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A patient is wheeled through the emergency room at the Zhuozhou Hospital in Zhuozhou city of the Baoding prefecture in northern China's Hebei province on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
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Patients lie on their beds at the Baoding No. 2 Central Hospital in Zhuozhou city in northern China's Hebei province on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
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A man squats outside a treatment room as an elderly person receives help with breathing via a manual ventilator pump at the emergency department of the Baoding No. 2 Central Hospital in Zhuozhou city of Baoding prefecture in northern China's Hebei province on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
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A patient is turned away from the emergency room due to full capacity at the Baoding No. 2 Central Hospital in Zhuozhou city in northern China's Hebei province on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
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Family members burn paper offering for their deceased relative at Gaobeidian Funeral Home in northern China's Hebei province, Thursday, Dec. 22.
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Workers unload a body from a vehicle for cremation at Gaobeidian Funeral Home in northern China's Hebei province, Thursday, Dec. 22.
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Workers in protective clothing prepare to receive passengers from a flight coming from outside China to be quarantined at a resort on the outskirts of Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 22.
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Workers in protective clothing receive passengers from a flight coming from outside China to be quarantined at a resort on the outskirts of Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 22.
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A worker in protective clothing registers a passenger from a flight coming from outside China to be quarantined at a resort on the outskirts of Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 22.

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