Body bags in China despite no new COVID deaths reported

STORY: Video obtained by Reuters showed nearly 30 body bags, some placed on green stools, waiting at a loading bay of the Jiangnan Funeral Parlour in Chongqing. Several vehicles were parked nearby as people stood around, the footage showed.

Reuters was able to locate the video from the signage and building features that matched with file images.

China is expecting a peak in COVID-19 infections within a week, a health official said on Thursday, with authorities predicting extra strain on the country's health system even as they downplay the disease's severity.