The German actions seemed to be a walk in the park
The Chinese have adapted to strict Covid-19 measures
China has adopted a strict monitoring system to deal with the outbreak of "Corona".
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The tracking system has been proven effective.
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While Europe finds itself in the middle of the second wave of the Coronavirus, China seems to have passed the epidemic, but people there are paying a high price for their return to normal life, and even with Europe falling into the grip of the second wave, and governments tightening rules on citizens because of the virus, Life has largely returned to normal in China, and there are certainly restrictions still, not the least of which is our isolation from the outside world.
But inside the country, procedures have now been integrated into daily life, to the point that people no longer notice them, and the odds of infection are almost like winning a huge lottery bonus, and this success is due to China's strict system, and it came at a high price, and Western democracies will not want to apply the prescription. In this way, but there is a belief that the matter also stems from a difference in mentalities, and for many around the world 2020 was an unexpectedly eventful year, and in late January, with the freezing of public life, Beijing looked like a ghost town, and you can cross roads on foot from Without the need to hurry, this already depressed atmosphere was exacerbated by the images from Wuhan hospitals, where patients were dying miserably alone in the corridors, because the doctors could not keep up with the tremendous stress.
The city's 11 million residents were not allowed to leave their apartments for several months under government orders, and residents complied with instructions, whether in a show of obedience or solidarity, and at that time many in China were angry at a Canadian woman jogging without a mask. In the empty streets of Beijing, and many Chinese saw in the matter an unforgivable mistake, this was a bit hysterical, but in the past it may have explained, above all, how China controlled the fear of this still mysterious disease.
seriously
Collective trauma was overshadowing, and there was no doubt that the message the government had conveyed to the country - too late but with more force - had taken hold: Take this virus seriously, it could kill you.
When the epidemic receded in China, in March, the German journalist, George Varion, residing in the Chinese capital, saw it as a chance to catch a breath, and he traveled to Berlin for vacation, and when he landed in his home country, he became depressed, because the isolation during the closure of Beijing affected him severely, and did not The idea of doing the same thing again in Berlin was fine for him.
Compared to China, the German “Covid-19” measures looked like a walk in the park, and when someone asked him about the difference between the two countries, Varion joked: “The ice cream and flower shops were open.” Of course, this was just a metaphor that reflects his sense that the leaders in Germany were more considerate. Due to the humanitarian needs of the Chinese leadership, Germany followed a humanitarian but rather a democratic approach, and despite all the restrictions, social life did not stop completely in Germany. “I could simply take a walk on the canal in Berlin to meet friends, who suddenly had a lot of free time,” says the German journalist. Varion was surprised that many people in Germany found that the recommended measures, such as wearing a mask, were taken for granted, and they seemed to deal with the risks of infection easily, and yet he was happy to find a carefree atmosphere.
At the end of May, he managed to return to Beijing on a private flight, and after landing in Tianshin, the journalist and his companions were taken to a hotel, where for only 14 days they were allowed to open the room doors to bring in meals that were deposited at the door (the windows were closed with nails).
Green status
This measure was aimed at monitoring the incoming infections with the newcomers to the country, and Varion returned to Beijing in mid-June, and surveillance has increased since the outbreak of the epidemic, and there has been one thing that has not changed since his absence: everyone wears a mask in the supermarket, in taxis, and in the subway. No one complains about that, and it is just a part of life now, such as wearing shoes before leaving the house, and the Corona virus application determines how you can move around public places in China, and unlike the German version, it is not voluntary and the identity is known.
And if the case is green, then everything is fine, but if it is red, then you are required to enter the quarantine directly, and before you take a seat in a restaurant or movie theater, you must scan the "QR" code. There are limits for visitors to museums and other places of interest, And you need to pre-register in it, and when people in Germany ask whether Corona has really disappeared from China, the German journalist prefers to cite a counter-example: What happens in Germany when a small group is discovered?
And in China, dozens of infections were discovered recently, in the coastal city of Qingdao, and the authorities closed entire neighborhoods and nine million people were tested.
Ongoing alert
China remained on high alert even as it returned to normal, able to quickly respond to any new outbreak, and track and trace any potentially infected person, through rapid response (QR) codes, apps and surveillance systems located everywhere.
Similar efforts have taken place in South Korea, Hong Kong, and other parts of Asia.
In comparison, the search for infections in many parts of Europe remains troublesome, and the ability to conduct mass testing is missing in many countries, and when testing is carried out, the usefulness of the results is often dispelled, because the infrastructure to track outbreaks and quarantine people is still lacking.
starting point
The government in Beijing tracked down a Chinese girl who was visiting her parents in Qingdao during this miniature emergency after her return, and they found her because she had to show her identity card when buying a train ticket to Qingdao, as is usually the case in China, and the neighborhood committee did not allow her to leave her apartment Until the "Covid-19" test came out negative.
The epidemic has given the Chinese state a starting point to complete the monitoring, which is not a pleasant idea at all, yet there is a clear fact that the Chinese have succeeded in controlling the virus, and it is now possible to travel within the country, largely unimpeded, a fact that allowed the Chinese to do 637 million Journey as tourists, during the autumn holidays.
Daycare centers and schools are open, and when people want to party, they don't hide in basements, they go to clubs.
The measures allowed regional governments to lock down certain regions and conduct mass testing when necessary, and this was finally seen in Qingdao, northeast China, where millions of people were tested within a week, after 12 locally transmitted cases were reported.
Deal the authorities
For many in Europe, China's approach to the Coronavirus - with an initial closure of 76 days, for the city of Wuhan in central China, where cases of the virus were discovered for the first time late last year - was very draconian, but other parts of the country had not seen such The restrictions are strict, even during the early stages of the pandemic, when similar lockdowns were imposed in cities across China.
And China's success in controlling the coronavirus is not a result of those early control measures, despite being used effectively, but a result of how the authorities dealt with matters, after allowing people to move again.
In particular, China's ability - to track and trace cases across the country whenever there is a new set of infections - enabled the government to respond quickly and control the outbreak, and this included a sophisticated color-coded "health code" system to track people's movements. A clear green health bill and a "QR" code, to enter many companies, which ensures that almost everyone adopts this procedure, which makes tracking in the event of an outbreak easier.
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