Guada, a mother of two young children and a mother-to-be, weeps herself to sleep at night, fearful that Hong Kong’s strict COVID-19 regulations may remove her from her children or compel her to give birth alone. As part of Hong Kong’s “dynamic zero” COVID policy, everyone who tests positive for COVID-19, including newborns and children, is placed in isolation facilities with no family contact allowed. The government aims to roll out mandatory mass testing for the city’s 7.4 million people in March, heightening worries of separation among many local and expatriate families as coronavirus cases reach new daily highs. “Imagine how stressed I am right now… “I’m afraid of having to give birth alone, of them taking my daughters, my babies, of them taking me away if I’m positive,” Guada, an Argentinian who has resided in Hong Kong for 3.5 … Continue reading Children Being Separated From Their Families As Part Of Chinese ‘Zero Covid’ Policy.