There are now 82,341 cases of Covid-19 involving infants and children, and Health Minister Dr Adham Baba floated the idea of investigating negligent parents for possibly exposing their children to the disease.

Although there is no provision under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342) that allows for compounds to be imposed on parents who take children to crowded places, investigation papers can be opened.

Of the above number of infected children...