China grapples with alarming rise in Covid-19 cases; see pics

A patient is turned away from the emergency room due to full capacity at the Baoding No. 2 Central Hospital in Zhuozhou city in northern China's Hebei province.

A worker in a protective suit talks on her phone as residents wearing face masks stand in line for their routine COVID-19 tests at a testing site in Beijing.

A patient is wheeled into the fever clinic at a hospital in Beijing. Chinese health authorities on Monday announced two additional COVID-19 deaths, both in the capital Beijing, that were the first reported in weeks and come during an expected surge of illnesses after the nation eased its strict "zero-COVID" approach.

A medical worker in protective gear carries yellow bags of medical waste from a fever clinic in Beijing.

A medical worker administers a dose of a vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to an elderly resident, during a government-organized visit to a vaccination center in Zhongmin village on the outskirts of Shanghai, China.

Coronavirus cases rises in Beijing, China.

A medical worker prepares medicine for patients according to prescription at a fever clinic in Weiyang District of Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi.

Workers work on manufacturing antigen testing kits for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a workshop in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China.

A resident consults a medical worker at a fever clinic in Lianhu District of Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

A medical worker prepares medicine for patients at a fever clinic in Kaifu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province.