we find these body bags piling up at another beijing crematorium during the height of the covid outbreak in the city. this video was filmed by a man who said his father s body was lying in this overflowing beijing hospital morgue for days. he said his father waited hours for hospital bed space. by the time a bed opened up, it was too late. cities are now scrambling to set up fever clinics and increase icu capacity. for weeks, it was nearly impossible to buy cold or fever medicine. they were all sold out because of the huge demand. drug companies like this major pharmaceutical manufacturer in beijing are going into overdrive to increase supply after there was a shortage to treat covid-19 symptoms. i asked the vice president if they had received any advanced warning from the government that they were going to abandon zero covid so they could prepare to ramp up production. he didn t directly answer my question. but it s clear that now they are doubling down. reporter: the company told
scrambling to set up a fever clinics and increase icu capacity. for weeks, it was nearly impossible to buy cold or fever medication. they were all sold out because of the huge demand. drug companies like this major pharmaceutical manufacturer in beijing, they are going into overdrive to increase supply after there was a shortage of medicine to treat covid-19 symptoms. i asked the vice president if he had received any advanced warning from the government? but they were going to abandoned zero-covid so they could prepare to ramp up production. well he did correctly answer my question, but it is clear that now they are doubling down. the company told us that they simply follow government policy. the drug shortage overflowing hospitals and crematoriums, their images of a country unprepared for the siding and of zero covid. so many families in mourning are questioning what they are three years of sacrifice during zero-covid was really all for? cnn s selina wang joins us. we spoke to s
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