24 Countries Ask China Not to Separate Children From Parents Over COVID-19

A worker wearing a protective gear walks next to barriers that separate from the street a neighborhood in lockdown as a measure against COVID-19 in Jing'an district, Shanghai, on March 30, 2022. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

Western diplomats have voiced alarm about the Chinese regime separating children from their parents as part of its COVID-19 virus curbs, a scenario already occurring in Shanghai despite widespread outrage.

Adhering to the regime’s stringent rule of isolating all possible virus contacts, Shanghai has quarantined hundreds of children under the age of 6 after they tested positive for COVID-19, even though most of them have shown no symptoms.