Controversy has erupted in Shanghai, China’s economic capital, which has been under lockdown following the new wave of Omicronrelated Covid cases over the provision requiring children who test positive to be separated from their parents and treated in public health centers or in central quarantine will facilities .
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The state of emergency continues COVID19 in Shanghai, after a new wave of infections from the variant omicron has put over 25 million people into lockdown. In fact, since yesterday, the whole Chinese city has been forced to do it captivity to stop the advance of virus. The measures taken by the local administration also include the separation of children who have tested positive from their parents. They can only stay together if they are all infected. Wu Qianyu, a Shanghai health official, reiterated that national guidelines require sick patients to be separated from those who are not. Hence the children under 7 years whose parents “do not meet the accompanying requirements continue to come treated in public health centers. Older children are sent to central facilities Fourty. However, some concessions have been made after the controversy erupted in recent days.
In fact, one had even been launched petition online to demand that at least asymptomatic children be allowed to remain isolated in their own homes. Over a thousand signatures were collected and it was announced that this measure has been slightly relaxed, allowing infected minors to stay with their parents, but only in case the latter also test positive for Covid. In addition, the legal guardians of minors with special needs, Infected people can also apply to stay with them, provided they follow certain rules and sign a letter stating they are aware of the risks.
Reuters also took the testimony of a mother, Esther Zhao, who took his twoandahalfyearold daughter to a hospital in Shanghai on March 26 with a fever. Three days later, she asked health officials not to separate her from the baby after both tested positive for the virus, saying her daughter was too young to be taken to a quarantine center. But Esther wasn’t the only one to share her experience. The English newspaper The Guardian has also published one in the past few hours Movie “Unverified” is circulating on Chinese social media and shows some young children crying, believed to be positive for Covid, who have been quarantined at a clinic in Shanghai after being separated from their parents. So after the numerous controversies that broke out in particular on the Chinese platform Weibothe local government has decided to soften the line.
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But the situation remains tense. Today it became known that the whole city will continue to be charged AntiCovid Test and that the lockdown will continue pending the results. But people are tired. Many are beginning to worry about the lack of Food and Drinking water, as supermarkets remain closed and deliveries are restricted. Liu Min, deputy head of the Shanghai Trade Commission, said efforts are being made to ship basic necessities from other provinces to Shanghai. The city has since signed up for a new one vinyl record of 16,766 new asymptomatic cases on April 5, nearly 90% of the national total, up from 13,086 the previous day. Symptomatic cases, which China counts separately, also rose to 311 from 268 the previous day, which is still low compared to the stilllow numbers in the West, including Italy, but confirms Beijing’s willingness to extend its “Covid Zero” policy. to continue.