Businessinsider.co.za | Shanghai official defends brutal policy of separating Covid-positive babies, children from parents

A Shanghai official has defended a controversial policy of separating Covid-positive babies and children from their parents as the city struggles to contain a surge in cases. The policy is key to virus "prevention and control work," Wu Qianyu, an official from the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, told reporters at a press conference on Monday. "We have made it clear that children whose parents are also positive can live in the same place as the children," she added. However, uninfected parents must remain separated from their children. "If the child is younger than seven, they will receive treatment in a…