We feel reassured, we trust Kunming and China!
By Ren
Yixiang, Wang Ziyi and Chen Yan
During
the Chinese Spring Festival in 2020, Kunming, like the whole country, is
confronted with severe pressure of the epidemic prevention and control since
the sudden outbreak of pneumonia epidemic of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
infection. A prevention and control campaign is mobilized in the city across
the board.
How do the
foreigners in Kunming respond in this special time? And how are they living?
What feelings do they have about the all-out prevention and control in Kunming?
Some of them in Kunming are interviewed by journalists and share their own
stories.
Matthew is
a teacher from New Zealand. “My girlfriend’s hometown is
Wuhan. So I may feel more than other foreigners with regard to this novel
coronavirus.” Matthew said.
Both
Matthew and his girlfriend live in Kunming. They planned to go to Wuhan to see
her family before the Chinese Spring Festival. But they had to stay in Kunming
since Wuhan had been locked down. In the New Year’s Eve, they told her family
to protect themselves and do not go out as they were having a video call. The
would-be mother-in-law showed them the dumplings she made to reassure them. “So
long as I have things to eat, I will not go out!” she said with a smile in the
video call.
“We all have an unprecedented
determination to beat the epidemic,” Matthew said, “There are timely supply of
vegetables, fruits and meat in the markets around our home. My girlfriend and I
stay at home, feeling a great sense of security and no worries at all.”
Ana is
also a teacher in Kunming. She comes from Brazil and teaches English. As a
person who had been through an epidemic virus event, Ana firstly was not very
worried about it since similar things had occurred in her country as well. At
present, governments at all levels are very good at prevention and control. She
feels very secure.
“Better safe than sorry,” Ana
said. It was a holiday before the epidemic outbreak. So she prepared to go
around for better understanding of China. Yet Ana had to change her plan as the
rapid outbreak of novel coronavirus. She said: “Now all authorities are sparing
no efforts in controlling the epidemic. I believe the virus will be under
control before long and things will get better as well.”
In her written letter, Ana
encourages people in Wuhan to be optimistic and full of confidence. (Photo by
Kankunming)
Many of
them are confident in combating the coronavirus. Canadian Sebastien Genier is a
partner of the youth hostel in Xiba Road. He lives in a community around the
youth hostel. He said that Kunming has taken good measures of prevention and
control in the face of the sudden epidemic.
“Authorities
have been urging people not going out and staying at home. The checking and
clearing methods of all kinds are also very strict. Specialized personnel at
the food markets and supermarkets will measure customers’ body temperature. No
need to worry about daily life with abundant supply of necessities.”
During
the outbreak of the epidemic, his hostel is closed. He stays at home apart from
going out for necessities of daily life. “I pay close attention to the epidemic
information every day, and various news reports let me see the power of China.
After living in Kunming for 19 years, the city has reassured me and I believe
that the epidemic will soon pass.”
“The care from my friends makes me
no longer worried”, Sameera Chathuranga Wijekoon said. As a student from Sri
Lanka, he gives himself a Chinese name Feng Wei for communicating with his
Chinese friends.
In this
winter vacation, Feng Wei chose to stay in Kunming and spend the Spring
Festival together with friends. During the epidemic outbreak, Feng Wei has been
living in a friend’s home, and the community where they are is also in
semi-quarantine.
“Despite the worrying epidemic,
the cars and people going through schools and communities will be inspected
including temperature measurement. Indoor ventilation is kept at home at all
times. The earnest care from my friends and family makes me no longer worried.”
During
the epidemic outbreak, Feng Wei's family is particularly worried. He has video
calls with his parents every day telling his family that Kunming has taken
comprehensive prevention and control measures and the problem will be resolved
as soon as possible.
Source:Kankunming
We feel reassured, we trust Kunming and China!
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