
Stories of children separated from parents highlight the price of Hong Kong's coronavirus success
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When Ariel saw her two young sons isolated in a Hong Kong hospital ward with Covid-19, she broke down. The brothers -- age 5 and 1 and both asymptomatic -- were wearing vests that were tied to their beds to restrain them. They were covered in dirt and both wearing diapers, even the five-year-old.
Ariel stepped inside the room and looked at her eldest. "We both started crying," she said.
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