Recently, “funeral home” has become a trending search term online.
Many cities have seen a significant overall increase in information searches related to “funeral homes.”
Beijing is the most extreme case.
Previously, the Beijing Tongzhou Funeral Home issued a notice stating that it was now operating beyond capacity, and had to implement a “cremation appointment system.”
Meanwhile, in Yuanshi County, Shijiazhuang, a similar notice has been circulating.
It states that due to the continuous operation or use of cremation furnaces recently, three cremation furnaces have experienced malfunctions to varying degrees.
Therefore, cremation services have to be suspended, and further notice will be given after the equipment is repaired…
Similar situations have also been observed in Shanghai.
Yesterday, there was a “call for support for the front lines of funeral services,” stating that the current workload is excessive, with severe shortages of manpower and resources, so a large number of staff need to be recruited, hoping to overcome the difficulties together.
It was also observed that the Shanghai Baoxing Funeral Home is now handling cases with a daily quota, and people have to queue up to wait.
Netizens commented that this is more like the norm for many funeral homes nowadays.
Guangzhou media directly reported on the situation at the scene.
It was reported that many Guangzhou citizens reflected that it is difficult to get through the bereavement reporting phone number of the Guangzhou Funeral Home.
People who go to handle business have to queue for several hours, with queues stretching for one or two kilometers.
Many Guangzhou citizens bring stools to queue at the funeral home;
They are prepared to “queue from day to night” in front of the funeral home…
Searching further, it was found that Chongqing is also experiencing this.
Many bloggers stated that funeral homes in the area are currently experiencing queues.
They said that the experience of eating and going to the funeral home is the same, both requiring queuing for a spot, a feeling that is unbelievable.
And in Chengdu, next to Chongqing, related reports were also seen.
Currently, there is a phenomenon of “funeral service congestion,” with some people waiting for more than ten hours or even longer before they can take the body away.
As for the funeral home staff, they are working overtime every day, not daring to stop for a moment…
Watching this scene, I hope the peak period will pass soon, and more and more people will recover.
But the reality is that the New Year’s Day and Spring Festival are approaching, and the flow of people in major cities will become more complex, which is an unknown challenge for us.
It is seen that many cities are working hard to do this work well, trying to reduce the probability of severe illness after people are infected, but after all, the population base is large, and the difficulty is still very great.
Therefore, I hope everyone will take protective measures when traveling, avoid cross-infection and secondary infection, reduce gatherings, protect themselves, and protect the elderly and children at home.
In the coming month, nothing is as important as life. Let’s get through this wave of Omicron first!!!
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