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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Verna Yu

Death of baby in China incites anger on social media over ‘zero Covid’ rules

People in protective clothing on bus
People in protective clothing wait on a bus in Beijing, China, before leaving a residential compound as part of a strategy to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

The death of a four-month-old baby in central China has stoked public anger on social media as frustrations mount over Beijing’s stringent “dynamic zero Covid” policy, which has confined millions to their homes and sparked angry protests.

The girl died after suffering vomiting and diarrhoea while in quarantine at a hotel in the city of Zhengzhou, according to a post by her father, Li Baoliang, on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo on Wednesday.

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