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Urns in Wuhan Prompt New Questions of Virus’s Toll
- Photos of thousands of ash urns circulate on social media
- China’s public has questioned the accuracy of government tally
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The long lines and stacks of ash urns greeting family members of the dead at funeral homes in Wuhan are spurring questions about the true scale of coronavirus casualties at the epicenter of the outbreak, renewing pressure on a Chinese government struggling to control its containment narrative.