AFP:

The story of a Chinese migrant worker whose plight sparked a wave of online sympathy after he tested positive for the coronavirus took another sad twist Friday, as police said his missing son was long dead.

The 44-year-old labourer surnamed Yue became one of China’s most talked-about topics this week after he was found to be among a handful of new coronavirus cases in Beijing.

As part of its zero-Covid strategy, China publishes anonymised details of where coronavirus carriers have been, in a bid to help with contact tracing.

Yue’s itinerary exposed a harsh life of working dozens of odd jobs, hauling construction materials often late at night, to support his extended family and help finance searches for a missing son.

生词短语：

migrant

移居的;流浪的

plight

困境

sympathy

同情（心）

labourer

劳动者

contact tracing

接触者追踪

itinerary

行程

harsh

严酷的; 残酷的

odd job

零工