Brazil will be the next hardest hit by the global epidemic? Are there more than 300,000 overseas Chinese there?
The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced on the 18th local time that Brazil had 13140 new cases of coronary heart disease diagnosed on that day, with a total of 254220 confirmed diagnoses; 674 new cases of death, with a total of 16792 deaths. According to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the total number of diagnoses of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil has exceeded that of the United Kingdom, ranking third in the world, after the United States and Russia.
The epidemic continues to ferment. Will Brazil become the next severely affected area? What happened to the more than 300,000 overseas Chinese, overseas students and employees of Chinese enterprises living there?
On May 1, local time, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a woman wearing a mask walked by in front of a closed shopping mall. China News Agency reporter Mo Chengxiong
Will Brazil be the next hardest hit by the global epidemic?
It is understood that the first case of Brazil was imported from Europe and the United States in late February. Since early March, the local epidemic has spread. In the past month, especially in the last week, there has been a trend of accelerated spread. The South American Overseas Chinese reported that the number of deaths from Brazil ’s new coronary pneumonia rose from 0 to 10,000, which took 53 days. From 10,000 to 15,000, it took only a week. That is to say, within a week, the number of deaths from Brazil ’s new coronary pneumonia increased by 50%.
On May 12, Azevedo, a medical expert in São Paulo, issued a warning: "Brazil is becoming the new epicenter of a new global pneumonia epidemic, and nearly 100,000 Brazilians may be killed as a result."
Looking back on the early stage of the virus' arrival in South America, Brazil's response was not fast. Individual surrounding countries have taken tough prevention and control measures from the beginning, but Brazil has observed the changes on the grounds that all confirmed cases are imported from abroad.
On the May 1st International Labor Day, Brazil ’s largest city, São Paulo, was still in the “social isolation” period due to the epidemic. The shops on the streets were closed and pedestrians were scarce. China News Agency reporter Mo Chengxiong
At present, about 20 Brazilian cities are in the state of "closing the city", and some municipalities are about to put the "closing state" and "closing city" on the agenda. Brazil is a federal state, and the municipalities have the right to decide the epidemic prevention measures on their own. President Bossonaro opposed comprehensive isolation. He believed that comprehensive isolation harmed the national economy. However, the two health ministers and most governors believed that comprehensive isolation was the most effective measure to control the epidemic.
On April 16, Brazilian Health Minister Luis Mandeta was fired from Bosonaro. On May 15, Health Minister Nelson Teich, who had been in the job for less than a month, also announced his resignation. The two health ministers resigned one after another because they were unable to reach agreement with President Bossonaro on the epidemic prevention policy.
Brazilian media sources commented that the departure of two consecutive health ministers made it difficult for Brazil's epidemic prevention work to be carried out systematically, which would exacerbate the risk of Brazil's new coronary pneumonia out of control.
Helping overseas Chinese in Brazil's war epidemic rush forward under the risk
Overseas Chinese in Brazil are always concerned about the development of the local epidemic. In fact, they acted very early and acted as a backup to help the local government and people fight the epidemic.
On May 6, the 150,000 masks donated by the overseas Chinese of Rio to the local municipal government were officially handed over to the mayor, and these materials will be used for deployment in the square cabin hospital located in the dating center in Li. (South American Overseas Chinese News Network)
During the epidemic, many local hospitals faced the problem of shortage of medical protection materials. 190 overseas Chinese came together spontaneously and donated protective materials worth about 160,000 reals (about RMB 194,000) to Klinikas Hospital, the largest public hospital for receiving new coronary pneumonia in São Paulo.
In order to raise these supplies, overseas Chinese volunteers rushed forward and rushed forward at the risk of infection. Some overseas Chinese said that although their family members are very supportive of donations, they are still deeply worried. Volunteers are doing charity under pressure to help Brazil fight the epidemic and want to protect the frontline medical staff and make a contribution to the difficulty.
Faced with the severe epidemic, overseas Chinese communities in Brazil also donated protective equipment such as masks, alcohol, hand sanitizers, and protective glasses to local health authorities, hospitals, churches, police stations, slums, orphanages, refugee shelters, and Rice, flour, cooking oil, sugar, coffee and other basic daily necessities.
Rio overseas Chinese leader Yin Xiangcong has lived in Brazil for more than 20 years, and Brazil has become his second hometown. Yin Xiangcong said that as early as the end of February, at the beginning of the epidemic in Brazil, more than a dozen overseas Chinese businessmen had already begun to handle the donation of epidemic prevention materials to the local area.
In addition, some Brazilian overseas Chinese also took the initiative to assume the role of "matchmaker" between Chinese doctors and Brazilian doctors. On March 18th, the head of the Notre Dame Medical Group, one of Brazil ’s largest medical groups, requested a video exchange with Chinese doctors to learn about China ’s advanced experience in the treatment of new coronary pneumonia.
On March 23, local time, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, workers built a temporary field hospital at Pacaembu Stadium.
In the end, the vice president of the Brazilian Chinese Association and the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Zhi Gong Party helped to facilitate the matchmaking and promoted the video exchange meeting. It is understood that after the exchanges, the Brazilian states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro started to transform the stadium into a square cabin hospital.
Left-behind overseas Chinese hold a group to "self-help" Chinese students are not diagnosed
Facing the increasingly severe epidemic situation, the overseas Chinese who stayed in Brazil held groups to help each other and "self-help", which became a local feature.
The Hunan Hunan Association of Brazil set up a volunteer organization in São Paulo City and mobilized 20 Hunan-based volunteers to participate in the epidemic prevention hotline answering, personnel investigation registration, psychological consultation, epidemic situation rumors, and temporary rescue.
Brazil China Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association calls each other to strengthen self-protection through telephone, Internet and other means. Actively publicize the effective way of China's national defense epidemic, and call on overseas Chinese to consciously cooperate with the Brazilian health department to combat the new coronary pneumonia epidemic.
In terms of epidemic prevention materials, major overseas Chinese groups in Brazil actively purchase and distribute them to overseas Chinese.
What should I do if my compatriots feel sick during a special period? Local Chinese medical experts also leveraged their strengths to form professional associations to provide consultation services for the prevention and treatment of new coronary pneumonia from the perspective of Chinese medicine for overseas Chinese in Pakistan.
The embassy and consulate in Brazil communicated online with the overseas Chinese on the prevention and control of the epidemic. (Chinese Embassy in Brazil)
A few days ago, Chinese Ambassador to Brazil Yang Wanming said in an exclusive interview with CCTV that the embassy also maintains close contact with about 300,000 overseas Chinese in Brazil and more than 2,000 Chinese employees in more than 300 companies, and has taken a series of measures to help them Conduct epidemic prevention and control.
Ambassador Yang Wanming also said that the current status of international students in Brazil is very good and there are no confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia. The embassy maintains close daily contact with international students, and has opened a caring hotline for international students to distribute health packages for international students.
May the epidemic pass as soon as possible
Bless Brazil!
Sources: China News Service, South American Overseas Chinese News, China Overseas Chinese Network, Chinese Embassy in Brazil website, CCTV News, etc.