Tragedy in China: A boy with paralysis dies after being separated from his family due to the corona virus
Young Chen, 16, of Hubei Province - the epicenter of the virus outbreak - was only fed twice during the week he was left alone after his father and brother were placed in solitary confinement and found dead at home. The mayor and the local communist party secretary were ousted
Tragedy in China: A boy with paralysis dies after being separated from his family due to the corona virus
Photo: Reuters, edited by Asaf DruryA Chinese boy with cerebral palsy died after his father and brother were placed under isolation from suspected corona virus. According to reports in the country, Young Chen, 16, from the Wajia town of Hubei Province - the epicenter of the virus outbreak - was fed only twice during the week he was left alone. Following the tragedy, which sparked a stir on the country's social networks, the mayor and secretary general of the local Communist Party were dismissed from their positions.
According to local media, the boy's father posted calls for help on social network Wiboo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, explaining that his son was left alone, without food or water. Authorities have announced they will launch an investigation into the boy's death.
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Chinese boy with cerebral palsy who dies after his family was placed in solitary confinement due to the corona virus (Photo: official website)
Tonight, China announced that the number of victims of the virus had risen to 427, with the first victim in Hong Kong - only the second outside China, in addition to the Filipino citizen who died on Sunday. Overall, the number of infections in China has risen to 20,438 while at least 151 cases have been recorded in 23 countries and other provinces.
Most of the victims in China are in the Hubei Province, where, in his capital, Hwan, the virus erupted, between the SARS family of whom little is known. The World Health Organization declared an emergency last week, and efforts are underway to develop a vaccine against the virus that caused heavy economic damage to China - yesterday, the $ 400 billion worth of shares in Shanghai were deleted.
Memories from the SARS. Hong Kong doctors strike today (Photo: Reuters)
Medical workers strike demand from Hong Kong to close its border with China to reduce the spread of corona virus, February 4, 2020 (Photo: Reuters)
In Hong Kong, hospital staff said the victim, a 39-year-old man, had an existing chronic illness and visited Wuhan in January before falling ill. Hundreds of medical officials in the former British colony whose daughter for the second day in a row have called for the government to completely close the city's borders with mainland China, a day after leader Carrie Lam left three open aisles. To date, 15 cases of the virus have been approved in the city, and yet its public hospital network has difficulty coping with the influx of patients and means to curb the virus.
Hong Kong was severely affected by the SARS virus in 2002, of which nearly 800 people died worldwide. More than a third of them were in town.
Macau, the world's largest gambling hub, has said it has asked all casinos to suspend their activities for two weeks to help curb the expansion. Macau leader Hu Lat Sang's announcement comes after the former Portuguese colony confirmed ten cases of virus infection, and announced strict restrictions on traffic in the peninsula, an administrative area under China's control.