BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has set up a special community isolation facility for children aged 3 to 14, as parents are being separated from their children due to COVID-19 infections.

 

Since April 2021, some 2,738 children up to the age of 15 have tested positive and been separated from their families. Similarly, infected parents have had to be removed to intensive care units for treatment, leaving children with mild conditions at home for self-isolation.

 

The BMA’s center for children, at the Kiakkai Health Centre in Dusit district, aims to ease parents’ worries about their children.

 

The center will provide special activities and toys for the children, to help them relax and keep them busy. There are also teams of doctors, volunteer babysitters and teachers on hand. All the children are closely monitored and will be sent to hospital immediately if they show any symptoms that require medical attention.

 

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Separating a child who tests positive from a parent is a heinous act. 

It’s very likely the parent has already been exposed (at least check the parent for antibodies). 
Isolate the pair together if they must. 

 

 

That said, if this is a center set up to provide care for children whose parents are unable to care for them because they have serious covid symptoms and there is no alternative family or friends then this is a great idea.