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Some 80% of the population - more than a billion people - have been infected since China scrapped restrictions in December, according to leading epidemiologist Wu Zunyou. Last weekend China reported 13,000 Covid-related deaths in less than a week, adding to the 60,000 deaths it has counted since December. But these deaths have been in hospitals. In rural areas there are only sparse medical facilities and those who die at home are mostly not being counted. We visited a crematorium and they too have been busy, mourners dressed in white walking forward carrying the ceremonial box which would eventually contain the remains of a loved one. Standing in front of a tent in the courtyard where a woman’s body was covered up the man explained that, on the day of the funeral, 16 people would carry her coffin and bury her in accordance with tradition. Every year, hundreds of millions of younger people go back to their hometowns at this time to celebrate the Lunar New Year. It's China's most important festival.There has been great concern that this year's Spring Festival mass migration could quickly spread the coronavirus into more remote areas, to deadly effect. The government warned those in the cities not to go home this year if their elderly relatives had not yet been infected. Doctor Dong Yongming, who operates a very small village clinic, thinks at least 80% of In terms of managing the medicine they had as Covid hit the village, Dr Dong said they would not sell medicine to people beyond their needs. Those who die in this region are buried in the fields. Farmers then continue to plant crops and raise livestock around the mounds of their ancestors. He, and many others are hoping that Covid's most deadly work has already been done and that, for the time being at least, their energy can be spent on being with the living rather than burying the dead. - By Single World News Media