Elderly patients with COVID symptoms receive intravenous drips at the emergency ward of a hospital in Fuyang in central China’s Anhui province. AP
Dingyuan, China: Villagers in rural China refuse to get tested for Covid despite having symptoms, reveals a new report.
China continues to witness a surge of Covid cases while countries all around the world remain wary of the official number of infections in the country.
Many doctors from the countryside have testified that they have never seen such chaos in their careers. With reports suggesting that the recent wave of Covid has been affecting the elderly more, villages have been particularly hit with shortages of medical supplies.
A 77-year-old woman named Weng Shuiye from a village in Tonglu county in Eastern China has been hooked to an oxygen cylinder and has admitted to experiencing Covid symptoms for days now, according to a report by Reuters.
“I’m not going to test, it’s just that my waist is aching,” she said. However, Weng is not alone. A number of villagers in Tonglu county have said that not getting tested is a common practice among people.
“Everyone talks about having the virus so you just assume you have it. But a lot of those in the village won’t test either, especially if they have to go to a specialised place to get a test. The conditions are not as good as that in a city where you can get an antigen test,” said another resident.
“Quite a number of my relatives and neighbours say that they have caught a cold, or they feel terrible, or they don’t have any energy. So, they just stay at home.”
Elderly patients in China commit suicide
Owing to the grim situation in rural China, many elderly patients have been reportedly committing suicide due to infection-induced anxiety, according to a report on India Today.
Data released by a UK-based firm called Airfinity suggests that cumulative deaths in China since 1 December have most likely reached 100,000 with infections totalling 18.6 million. By 13 January, China will reach its peak reporting 3.7 million cases a day.
With inputs from agencies
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