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Coronavirus Outbreak Delaying Adoptions For Area Families
Waltham Wide Horizons managers said one family who made it past months of planning was forced to turn around once they arrived in China.
WALTHAM, MA (CBS) – The quick spread of coronavirus in China is creating major travel restrictions around the world — and that’s affecting growing families here at home.
The company Wide Horizons for Children, based in Waltham, has two local families who are in the process of adopting toddlers from China, and as a result of the virus outbreak, those adoptions have been delayed indefinitely.
“The situation is changing hour by hour, and so we’re constantly in contact with our staff and folks on the ground [in China],” said Program Manager Kim Bernstein.
One family was physically on its way to adopt its toddler in China when it was turned around and sent back to the U.S. Another family has had its trip delayed altogether. The provinces in which the families, who for now which to remain anonymous, are adopting their children in are temporarily delaying the adoption process because of the outbreak.
Read more at CBS Boston.