Moms call for end to virus bias

The mother of a toddler who was refused admission to a kindergarten because she is infected with the hepatitis B virus has appealed for support from the State Council.

Li Hua, from Dongying in Shandong province, told China Daily yesterday that she sent a letter to the State Council on Wednesday, on behalf of herself and 100 other moms from across the country, whose children have all experienced similar forms of discrimination.

In the letter, the women said their children, all of whom are carriers of the hepatitis B virus, are being isolated from society by not being allowed to go to kindergarten with their peers.