Guangzhou takes measures to protect foreigners amid coronavirus outbreak
By
Jiang Xiaodan, People’s Daily
As
the battle against the novel coronavirus has become a battle for all in China,
southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Jan. 28 issued an open letter to all
expats in the city, offering health guidelines in English, Japanese, Korean and
French to help them cope with the current epidemic.
The
letter has been posted at all 41 community offices of foreigners’ assistance in
Guangzhou for better publicity.
One
of the offices lies in Yuexiu District’s Jianshe Road community, where many exotic
restaurants are located. It manages 510 foreigners and quite a few of them dwell
in nearby apartments.
When
screening local residents, staff members from local rental management offices
posted the health guidelines near the dwelling places of the foreigners and requested
property management personnel to strictly follow the guidelines.
On
Jan. 27, thermometer showed that the temperature of a Guinean man was 37.9
degrees Celsius, higher than the normal level. Learning that the man lives
alone, a property management staff sought help from the rental management
center
“I
took his temperature every two hours each day, and also sent food and medicines
to him,” said a staff surnamed Liang from the center.
Three
days later, the Guinean man’s temperature returned to normal and he expressed
his gratitude in his fluent Chinese.
Jianshe
Road is where Guangzhou’s urban construction started, and is home to
constructors in all industries, while Jianshe 6th Road is known for
its exoticism. The complex neighborhood and the large number of foreign
dwellers have no doubt posed a huge challenge for the virus prevention and
control in the community.
The
work commission of the Jianshe Road community made a quick decision, calling on
Party members to return to work on the second day of the Chinese New Year.
They
posted and distributed health guide flyers, investigated at shopping malls and
fairs, and called the residents who hadn’t returned, starting a war against the
novel coronavirus with strict regulations.
A
series of touching stories of mutual assistance have been happening in the
Jianshe Road community during the war against the virus. The people there,
regardless of identities, regions and nationalities, are making concrete
efforts to win this battle.
On Feb. 1, customs officers take
temperature of a crew member of an international vessel at the Taicang port,
east China’s Jiangsu province. (By Ji Haixin, People’s Daily Online)
Guangzhou takes measures to protect foreigners amid coronavirus outbreak
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