Ex-Covid patients under shadow of stigma

Beijing: When Zou tested positive for Covid-19 while working as a cleaner in one of Shanghai’s largest quarantine centres, she hoped it wouldn’t be long before she could pick up the mop and start earning again.

But four months on, she is still fighting to get her job back – one of scores of recovering Covid-19 patients facing what labour rights activists and health experts say is a widespread form of discrimination in zero-Covid China.