Death of boy in lockdown fuels backlash against China's zero-COVID policy

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Death of boy in lockdown fuels backlash against China's zero-COVID policy
Nectar Gan
CNN Digital
Published Thursday, November 3, 2022 9:01AM EDT Last Updated Thursday, November 3, 2022 1:58PM EDT

The death of a 3-year-old boy following a suspected gas leak at a locked down residential compound in northwestern China has triggered a fresh wave of outrage at the country's stringent zero-COVID policy.

The boy's father claimed in a social media post that COVID workers tried to prevent him from leaving their compound in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, to seek treatment for his child -- causing a delay that he believes proved fatal.

A social media post by the father on Wednesday about his son's death was met with an outpouring of public anger and grief, with several related hashtags racking up hundreds of millions of views over the following day on Weibo, China's Twitter-like platform.

"Three years of pandemic was his entire life," a popular comment read...

 

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COVID-hit Lanzhou in NW China vows to tackle rigid work style after death of 3-year-old
By Global Times
Published: Nov 03, 2022 06:29 PM


Thursday published another briefing to respond to public inquiries after a three-year-old child died of carbon monoxide poisoning on Tuesday, prompting online controversies as netizens suspected the tragedy might have been avoided if it were not for local epidemic control workers' delayed response and rigid work style.

As public have been raising questions over whether assistance was delayed because relevant personnel adhered to the COVID-19 control measures without flexibility, the Thursday briefing sorted out the timeline of the incident.

Local police on Tuesday night published a briefing about how they received a call for help at 1:43 pm saying two people had passed out including a child who had stopped breathing. The police sent officers to the scene and helped the people to send the two to hospital at 1:57 pm.

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