Covid-19: Four deaths in a family show danger of home quarantine policy

A government worker in a protective suit checking the temperature of a person under home quarantine in Zouping in eastern China's Shandong Province. - AP

WUHAN (Caixin Global): The deaths of four family members in the central Chinese city of Wuhan who succumbed to the Covid-19 virus while self-quarantining in the same apartment have once again raised serious questions about the policy of staying home imposed at the start of the epidemic.

Chang Kai, a notable director at Hubei Film Studios, died last Friday (Feb 14) from pneumonia caused by the virus also known as Covid-19, according to an obituary published by his employer. He was 55.