סין: ילדים מכינים שיעורי בית בבית חולים עם אינפוזיה בזרועם

With global health concerns circulating, here's a glimpse at how China is battling the outbreak. Chinese children with IV drips in one arm and doing homework with the other. The bizarre scene is becoming a common one nationwide. The mysterious pneumonia is presenting a new problem for school age kids, balancing their medical treatment schedule and education. To help, hospitals across China have set up homework zones. Take a look at this picture. It looks like a school, but it's actually a health clinic in Wuhan. Full of desks and chairs, kids fill up the hall to study. In the major port city Nanjing, this children's hospital also assembled a homework zone. China's capital Beijing and major business hub Tianjin are facing similar challenges. Hundreds and thousands of sick children there are also waiting for treatment and studying while they wait. The health to homework crossover has caught social media attention outside China as well. One related post on X, formerly Twitter, already has nearly one and a half million views, but many of the comments aren't so supportive, often criticizing the parents and health care workers involved. One reads, quote, terrible idea. Sick kids should be resting, not studying. At the same time, other posts say tragedy has already struck, reporting that a 15-year-old student jumped off a building burdened with the stress of both school and sickness. At the same time, Chinese parents are complaining about pressure from China's education system, saying they have little choice but to push their kids. In response, Beijing authorities said six students are not advised to study while recovering.