Self-isolating parents face weeks apart from vulnerable newborns
Call for more coronavirus tests as families of premature and sick babies speak of anguish
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Parents of sick and premature newborn babies are facing days or weeks unable to visit them in hospital neonatal units because of Covid-19, the Guardian has learned.
Disparities in hospital visiting guidance mean some parents have been unable to visit their babies at all, with one father saying he was facing three months without seeing his child.
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