The New Rules For Mourners In Wuhan Have Angered Many Residents
Zhang Hai's father died of the coronavirus on Feb. 1 and was cremated. Ashes can now be picked up but the government requires a chaperone for visits to the crematorium as well as for burials.
by Emily Feng
Apr 10, 2020
4 minutes
More than two months after he watched his father die of the new coronavirus, Zhang Hai has yet to bury him. The 50-year-old Wuhan native wants to pay his last respects alone â but that's now against government rules.
"[My father's] work unit called and made it very clear that I have to be accompanied when I retrieve the ashes," Zhang recalled. "Maybe they are well-intentioned, but I just want to collect my father's ashes alone before burying him. I do not want to have strangers around."
More than 3,300 people died of COVID-19 in China; just over three-fourths of those deaths were in the city of Wuhan. As new cases dwindle and quarantine restrictions
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