"I'm in tears": Pictures shock - child (4) in China completely isolated because of Corona

The corona rules in China are tough.

Even children must be in absolute isolation if the test is positive.

Pictures from Fujian are shocking the internet right now.

Fujian - China has shown itself to be not squeamish when it comes to corona measures right from the start of the pandemic.

Those who tested positive had to be in quarantine and thus in absolute isolation - no ifs or buts.

Again and again, streets or entire cities were cordoned off.

Nevertheless: The pictures and videos that are currently circulating on social media are shocking.

A small four-year-old, completely wrapped in a white protective suit, stumbles through a hospital corridor with a suitcase.

He is isolated by the authorities all by himself.

The video, which according to

by a nurse, shows that children, too, have to adhere to the country's tough isolation and quarantine rules.

Video from China shocked: Kindergarten children alone in isolation - "That breaks my heart":

The Chinese online newspaper

reports that the video was made in connection with a Covid outbreak in southeast Fujian Province. In addition to adult corona cases, numerous primary school students and kindergarten children were also tested positive. 57 of the 129 cases were under 12 years old. The sudden isolation and the long separation from her parents are correspondingly tough.

The nurse who made the video seems to have been touched by the sight.

Tears welled up in her eyes when she saw an ambulance full of unaccompanied children arrive, reports the daily

.

Many internet users feel the same way.

They express their sympathy on YouTube, but especially on the Chinese platform Weibo.

“It breaks my heart” and “I cry,” it says here.

Hard coronal rules in China: “Zero Covid Strategy” with intimidation tactics

"China is paying a high human price for its tough zero-covid strategy,"

quotes

Hong Kong virologist Jin Dongyan. "The success of the hard rules is also due to the fear of the population," explains Donyang. In the meantime, there have been occasional easing of the tough quarantine rules. Under 14-year-olds may sometimes be accompanied in isolation. (vs)