China: Warning 'thermonuclear' wave may kill up to ONE MILLION people as the sick overwhelm hospitals and dead bodies pile up outside morgue

China's decision to stick with draconian restrictions for so long is to blame for the 'thermonuclear' Covid wave that could kill up to a million people, experts warned today.

Startling projections since Beijing U-turned on its tough zero Covid stance suggest hundreds of thousands will die in the coming months because of low immunity across the country's 1.4billion population.

Immunologists predict up to 60 per cent of the country will get infected between now and March, as the virus is allowed to rip. One leading expert predicted even higher levels of deaths, saying they will likely be in the 'millions — plural', adding: 'This is just the start.'

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