First line ｜ The troubles of an American Chinese businessman in the epidemic

Zhongxin Jingwei Client, March 29 (Wu Yihan, Yan Shuxin) According to data from Johns Hopkins University, as of 6:00 pm, March 28, Eastern Time, there were 121,117 confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the United States, ranking first in the world. .

Major cities in the United States are becoming the "severe disaster areas" with the most severe outbreaks, of which only 52,318 confirmed cases of New Crown pneumonia in New York State. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Gasetti said in an interview on March 26 that California will become the next New York State as the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus increases.

Today, New York, California, Washington and other US states have entered a "major disaster state". Against this background, Sino-Singapore Jingwei interviewed Lu Xia, the Chinese businessman in Northeast China, who is based in Los Angeles. We talked about her worries and concerns under the epidemic.

March 23, local time, highway 110 leading to downtown Los Angeles

When the epidemic was worst, water, rice and toilet paper were not available

Zhongxin Jingwei: How is the situation in Los Angeles at the moment? Is it true that the news of the US public buying water and toilet paper spread on the Internet?

Lu Xia: The outbreak in Los Angeles is still very serious. As far as I know, more than 700 people have been infected with this case. Now the restaurants and restaurants here have closed and started to take out, some can be delivered directly to home, and some need you to pick it up yourself.

It was true that at the time of the epidemic, we could not buy water and toilet paper, and even rice was out of stock for a time, but this situation did not last for a long time, and it became available after a few days of stock out.

Everyone may not understand the issue of grabbing toilet paper by foreigners. I think it is mainly that Americans are wasteful in the use of toilet paper. Especially after the recent ban was implemented, everyone stayed at home and consumed toilet paper faster.

Most Chinese people already wear masks

Zhongxin Jingwei: How do you protect yourself?

Lu Xia: Because the epidemic situation in Los Angeles is relatively serious, we have stayed at home as far as we can now, and all three of my companies have closed. I do n’t want to go to the company without any special circumstances, and everyone works online.

When we go out, like when we go to the supermarket to buy things, we all wear gloves and masks. I am also concerned that most Chinese people now wear masks when they go out.

Because everyone is staying at home, many of us and our chamber of commerce will also organize entertainment activities such as stock discussion, book circulation, and cooking at home.

On March 23 local time, a pair of parents walked through a closed playground in Los Angeles, USA.

A rough estimate of business losses has exceeded $ 50,000

Zhongxin Jingwei: Has the epidemic affected your business?

Lu Xia: My main business is real estate and smart projects, such as sales of smart home products. My three companies have about 40 employees in total. During the epidemic, I will pay employees some wages. And regularly meet online with some principal persons to discuss some of the company's related business content.

The epidemic situation has a great impact on our company. On the one hand, if the current state of suspension is too long, some of my employees may be transferred to other work, and there is no guarantee that they will be able to return to work in the future; Rent, insurance, internet and telephone costs still have to be paid. At present, a rough estimate is that my loss has exceeded $ 50,000.

On March 23 local time, the food truck was parked in a parking lot next to an empty school in Los Angeles.

School starts online class, parents have headaches how to coach their children

Zhongxin Jingwei: Does the school still have classes?

Lu Xia: Schools in Los Angeles have been on vacation for a week now, and many schools have also offered online lessons. Because my child is in junior year this year, the impact of the vacation is not great, but some Chinese parents with younger children Very headache.

I know Chinese parents in Los Angeles. Most of them are the same as domestic parents. They often counsel their children to read, but many of them have just arrived in the United States. Their English is not very good. There are many things that children do not understand when they go online. There is no way to help solve it, I had to call friends everywhere for help.

Further reading: California in the US

Local time on March 19, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a "home order", requiring nearly 40 million people across the state to live as far as possible in order to respond to the new crown pneumonia epidemic. According to this order, the necessary living facilities such as food stores, pharmacies, gas stations, laundries and banks will continue to be opened to meet the needs of the people. Food delivery services in restaurants will continue to be provided, but the people must maintain the appropriate "social distance". The order will take effect immediately, and the termination date will depend on the epidemic situation.

At that time, Gavin Newsom cited a model to predict that 56% of Californians (about 25.5 million) might be infected with the new crown virus within 8 weeks. Newson said he hopes the key measure of "home order" will prevent this speculation from turning into reality.

As of March 28, EST, California has confirmed 5,065 new cases of new pneumonia, ranking third in the United States. In response to the epidemic, Los Angeles has reportedly launched a project, "LA Projects," which will work with clothing factories to produce non-medical masks for non-medical personnel working in hospitals, convenience stores, and other frontline areas. The goal is to produce 5 million non-medical masks; in addition, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Gasetti said that they are considering transforming stadiums such as the Staples Center into temporary hospitals for people infected with the new crown virus (similar to China ’s Cabin hospital), in this way to have more isolated beds. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)

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