BEIJING: The father of a three-year-old boy who died on Nov 1 from carbon monoxide poisoning in northwest China said strict Covid-19 policies “indirectly killed” his son by causing delays obtaining treatment, in a case that has sparked social media outrage.
The boy’s death is the latest incident to trigger blowback over China’s strict zero-Covid policy, with one critical hashtag racking up 380 million reads on Nov 3 on the Twitter-like Weibo platform.
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