In 'zero-Covid' China, a daughter's struggle to get her father medicine hits a nerve

En la China del covid cero, la lucha de una hija para conseguir la medicina de su padre toca fibras sensibles

Un video que se ha vuelto viral en Weibo muestra a una mujer golpeada por la policía por supuestamente romper los códigos de movilidad en la China cero covid. La mujer alega que busca un medicamento para su padre de 70 años que está enfermo.

In 'zero-Covid' China, a daughter's struggle to get her father medicine hits a nerve

What was meant to be a simple errand, a daughter driving her aging father to the hospital to pick up his medicine, has pulled a small city on China's border with North Korea -- and its nearly two-month Covid-19 lockdown…

In 'zero-Covid' China, a daughter's struggle to get her father medicine hits a nerve

What was meant to be a simple errand, a daughter driving her aging father to the hospital to pick up his medicine, has pulled a small city on China's border with North Korea -- and its nearly two-month Covid-19 lockdown…

In 'zero-Covid' China, a daughter's struggle to get her father medicine hits a nerve

What was meant to be a simple errand, a daughter driving her aging father to the hospital to pick up his medicine, has pulled a small city on China's border with North Korea -- and its nearly two-month Covid-19 lockdown…

In 'zero-Covid' China, a daughter's struggle to get her father medicine hits a nerve

What was meant to be a simple errand, a daughter driving her aging father to the hospital to pick up his medicine, has pulled a small city on China's border with North Korea -- and its nearly two-month Covid-19 lockdown…

In 'zero-Covid' China, a daughter's struggle to get her father medicine hits a nerve

By Simone McCarthyWhat was meant to be a simple errand, a daughter driving her aging father to the hospital to pick up his medicine, has pulled a small city on China’s border with North Korea — and its nearly two-month Covid-19 lockdown — into the national spotlight, after the pair ran afoul of pandemic rules.Video of the scene — whose related hashtag has been viewed over a billion times on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo — shows a confronta…