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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...
