The video serves as a poignant reminder of the human cost of China's prized zero-Covid policy, which has helped the country quell multiple resurgences of the virus. To prevent further transmission, infected children as young as kindergarten age are separated from their parents and put in hospital isolation. Initially, some children who came into contact with the infected but tested negative were also quarantined away from their parents . That policy was later relaxed, with children under 14 allowed to stay with their parents or other family members in quarantine -- but isolation for infected children remains. At the quarantine hospital in Putian, medical workers have come up with various ways to comfort the infected children .

Source: CNN September 17, 2021 07:52 UTC