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2nd child’s death linked to China’s ‘zero-COVID’ policy: reports
By Joe Mcdonald The Associated Press
Posted November 17, 2022 5:31 pm
Updated November 17, 2022 6:18 pm
Chinese authorities faced public anger Thursday after a second child’s death was blamed on overzealous anti-COVID-19 policies and enforcement.
The four-month-old girl died after suffering vomiting and diarrhea while in quarantine at a hotel in the central city of Zhengzhou, according to news reports and social media posts. They said it took her father 11 hours to get help after emergency services balked at dealing with them and she finally was sent to a hospital 100 kilometers (60 miles) away.
The death came after the ruling party promised this month that people in quarantine due to COVID-19 wouldn’t be blocked from getting emergency help following an outcry over a three-year-old boy’s death from carbon monoxide poisoning in the northwest. His father blamed health workers in the city of Lanzhou, who he said tried to stop him from taking his son to a hospital...
2nd child’s death linked to China’s ‘zero-COVID’ policy: reports
By Joe Mcdonald The Associated Press
Posted November 17, 2022 5:31 pm
Updated November 17, 2022 6:18 pm
Chinese authorities faced public anger Thursday after a second child’s death was blamed on overzealous anti-COVID-19 policies and enforcement.
The four-month-old girl died after suffering vomiting and diarrhea while in quarantine at a hotel in the central city of Zhengzhou, according to news reports and social media posts. They said it took her father 11 hours to get help after emergency services balked at dealing with them and she finally was sent to a hospital 100 kilometers (60 miles) away.
The death came after the ruling party promised this month that people in quarantine due to COVID-19 wouldn’t be blocked from getting emergency help following an outcry over a three-year-old boy’s death from carbon monoxide poisoning in the northwest. His father blamed health workers in the city of Lanzhou, who he said tried to stop him from taking his son to a hospital...
