China authorities apologise after boy dies in Covid lockdown
People wearing masks walk past a Chinese national flag as outbreaks of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue in Beijing November 3, 2022. — Reuters pic
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Thursday, 03 Nov 2022 8:26 PM MYT
BEIJING, Nov 3 — Chinese local authorities apologised today after a three-year-old boy died of carbon monoxide poisoning when medical care was delayed because of a Covid lockdown, in a rare admission of responsibility.