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Families Plead for Help as China’s Henan Province Isolates Thousands of High School Students

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Families Plead for Help as China’s Henan Province Isolates Thousands of High School Students
A medical worker takes swab sample from a residents during a door-to-door COVID-19 screening in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province on Nov. 1, 2022. Chinatopix Via AP
Sophia Lam
Sophia Lam
11/7/2022|Updated: 11/7/2022
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Thousands of high school students in China’s central Henan Province have been isolated since early October in makeshift quarantine facilities, such as schools, amid a recent wave of COVID-19 in the province.

Multiple counties in Henan, including Bo’ai county, Yucheng county, and Yanling county, have locked down their residents and high school students, although they haven’t disclosed how many have tested positive for COVID-19, according to residents.

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