"In Kazakhstan, I did not dare to go out in 63 days"
The life of Chinese students under the new epidemic situation under the global epidemic
West China Metropolis Daily-Cover News reporter Yang Xue
On the 9th, the Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan reminded that “after Kazakh Chinese citizens have noticed that the fatality rate is much higher than the unknown pneumonia of New Coronary Pneumonia,” this Central Asian country with a population of nearly 20 million has quickly become another concern in the global new crown epidemic. Hot spot.
In the shadow of the epidemic, Chinese students living in Kazakhstan have also experienced the difficult moments in their lives: Xiao Chen, who was studying at Kazakhstan-British Polytechnic University, should have returned to Nanjing for the summer vacation, but his return to the country is far away; just from Kazakhstan Wei Wan (pseudonym) who graduated from the National University of Nationalities has already received a notice of employment from a famous company, but because the epidemic enterprises are unable to start work, there is little hope for a successful job, and she is faced with the problem of the visa expiry. Haven't been out of the house in 63 days...
War Epidemic Consensus
Mutual supervision of the agreed outgoing frequency
When the domestic epidemic broke out in early 2020, Xiao Chen from Nanjing was studying abroad in Kazakhstan. "At that time, I also bought a mask with my classmates and planned to send it back to China." Xiao Chen at that time did not expect that, in March, Kazakhstan also fell into The epidemic storm.
"We have always lived in the dormitory of the school. The dormitory has access control and needs to be swiped to enter." When the Kazakh epidemic was serious, local students all returned home. The dormitory area where Xiao Chen lived originally lived about 200 people, leaving only about 20. Individuals, most of them are Chinese international students, "Eating has become troublesome and can only go out to buy food for cooking, but for safety, we (Chinese international students) have developed a strict plan for going out, no more than twice a week, every No more than three hours at a time, supervise each other to go out and report in WeChat group."
With this frequency of going out, every time you go out to buy food, it becomes a "big project." "Every time I need to buy a lot of things, the most important thing is rice, meat and vegetables. For example, when I buy rice, I have to buy 20 kilograms each time." Xiao Chen and the students were slightly relieved that although the opening hours of the supermarket changed Short, need to measure body temperature before entering the door, but fortunately the supply of materials is still sufficient.
Special talk
Fear, did not go out for up to 63 days
Compared with Xiao Chen and his classmates, Wei Wan, who does not live on campus, has a lower frequency of going out.
"From the day when Almaty began isolation, I did not go out for up to 63 days." Wei Wan graduated this year. On March 23, she was lying on the dormitory bed and suddenly received notice from the school that she wanted to vacate the dormitory as a fixed point. The isolation ward accepts patients and must be moved within one day.
About 200 people began to move urgently. Wei Wan hurriedly packed his luggage and rushed to the relatives of the local classmates. Most other students were gathered together by the school and lived in isolation in a designated main school dormitory group.
On March 26, the number of cases in Kazakhstan exceeded 100, and Almaty and Astana were closed. The local government required everyone to be isolated at home, and students were all taught on the home network.
From this day on, Wei Wan never went out for 63 days. "But the locals are not aware of the danger of this disease. Most people on the street don't wear masks. I'm scared." Wei Wan said a little playfully and helplessly. "People on the streets wear masks on their wrists and necks." , On the head, on the chin, hung on one ear, in the chest pocket, pinched in the hand... just don’t wear it on the nose and nose."
After 63 days, because he had to go to school to hand in documents, Wei Wan went out daringly. At a distance of 12 kilometers, she has been nervous, careful, fearing that someone will suddenly break into her "one-meter circle". "I should have written "Keep the distance" all over my face at that time." She struck a face covering her face. "This time, I found that I could control the distance and range of contact with others, so I was not so afraid of going out. Even So, I still go out at most once a month."
Wei Wan's caution is not groundless-she is witnessing the local residents of Kazakhstan suffering from the new crown epidemic. "My best friend here, the family has been infected and is hospitalized, living in the same ward." The friend sent a video, there are at least 3 beds in a room, colorful bedding, medical staff in full-body protective clothing From time to time, "My "local mother" looked at me on the camera and called me: "My daughter, my baby, are you okay?" She took off her mask to reveal a waxy face and a loose turban bag With dull hair, the cheekbones protruded because of the rapid weight loss, and I suddenly felt the chest panic..."
Synchronous reading
A new day in the world with new crown cases hits a new high
The epidemic data released by the World Health Organization on the 10th shows that the cumulative number of new diagnosed cases in the world has exceeded 12 million, and the number of newly confirmed cases in the world exceeds 228,000 cases in a single day, reaching a new high. The data shows that this is the fifth time in a single day of new cases in the world since July 1 that it exceeded 200,000 cases.
The United States is still the most severe country in the world. According to the statistics of the new crown epidemic released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 18:33 EST on the 10th (Beijing time at 6:33 on the 11th), there were 3173446 confirmed cases in the United States and 133940 deaths .
As of the 10th, Kazakhstan had a total of 54747 cases diagnosed, 264 deaths and 31815 cured cases. According to Kazakh news agency, Kazakh President Tokayev instructed the government to improve the domestic epidemic situation within two weeks. On the same day, two special planes carrying 55 tons of medical drugs flew from Moscow to Almaty to alleviate the tension of related drugs in Kazakhstan.