Apr 03, 2022 05:34 PM

CHINA

Shanghai Under Fire for Separating Infant Covid Patients From Their Parents

By Zhang Jiawen, Ren Huilan and Lu Zhenhua

An image posted on social media Friday shows multiple children sharing one bed at the Shanghai Clinic Center for Public Health. Photo: Weibo

An image posted on social media Friday shows multiple children sharing one bed at the Shanghai Clinic Center for Public Health. Photo: Weibo

Shanghai health authorities have come under fire online for separating infant Covid-19 patients from their parents as the city wrestles with its worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic.

Images and videos posted on Chinese social media sites Friday showed dozens of infants hospitalized in crowded wards and hallways, without their parents being seen.

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