Sad twist: According to the police, Yue Yuetong’s remains were found in a reservoir in Weihai in August 2020. — China Daily/ANN
THE story of a Chinese migrant worker whose plight sparked a wave of online sympathy after he tested positive for the coronavirus took another sad twist, as police said his missing son was long dead.The 44-year-old labourer surnamed Yue became one of China’s trending topics this week after he was found to be among a handful of new coronavirus cases in Beijing.
As part of its zero-Covid-19 strategy, China publishes anonymised details of where coronavirus carriers have been, to aid contact tracing.Yue’s itinerary exposed a harsh life of working dozens of odd jobs, hauling construction materials often late at night, to support his extended family and help finance searches for a missing son.
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