The Chinese regime’s stringent zero-COVID policies delayed medical treatment and caused a baby’s death in central China’s Zhengzhou city, Henan Province on Nov. 15, according to the father.
The death of Li Siyu, a 4-month-old baby girl in Zhengzhou, triggered public outcry in China. Her father’s post on a Chinese social media platform Baidu titled “For my 4-month-old child, demanding justice!” is still on the platform and had 9.6 million pageviews as of Nov. 19 when viewed by The Epoch Times.
The post, though still available on the Chinese search engine Baidu, stopped updating on Nov. 17, as the latest four comments are dated Nov. 17.
Li Baoliang, Siyu’s father, said in his post on Nov. 16 that his baby girl’s death was caused by three delays:
120 is China’s medical emergency call center.
Li calls on relevant departments to investigate the incident and demands justice for his baby girl.
Li said in an interview with the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times on Nov. 16 that his wife tested positive for COVID on Nov. 11.
She didn’t have any symptoms, but she was taken to a makeshift quarantine hospital. Li and their baby were regarded as close contacts and were under home quarantine, according to Li.
On the night of Nov. 12, Li and Siyu were forced into a quarantine hotel. “The authorities said we must be quarantined in a hotel,” Li told The Epoch Times.
The ordeal began for Li on Nov. 14.
Li told The Epoch Times that it took him more than eight hours to get Siyu to a hospital.
Li said that Siyu started vomiting and having diarrhea at 3 a.m. on Nov. 14 and suffered from it again at around 8 a.m. He tried to feed the baby some milk and water, but the baby wouldn’t drink. Fearing that she might dehydrate, Li called 120, China’s emergency services number.
