The COVID-19 epidemic continues to spread in North America.
As of 9: 00 Beijing time on March 20th, there were 13,408 confirmed cases and 181 deaths in COVID-19. The situation in Canada, which is only "one door apart" from the United States, is not optimistic. By 11: 00 Beijing time on 20th, there were 804 confirmed cases and 10 deaths in COVID-19. Several provinces have declared a state of emergency.
In order to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic, Canada’s entry ban on non-Canadian citizens or permanent residents came into effect on March 18th, local time. On the same day, the authorities announced that the border between Canada and the United States would also be closed to a limited extent.
What is the current situation of overseas Chinese in Canada and overseas students in China under the continuous spread of the North American epidemic? What measures are Canadian Chinese voluntary organizations, which rushed to donate epidemic prevention materials for the motherland in the early days of the epidemic prevention, taking to support Canadian Chinese overseas Chinese and overseas students in fighting the epidemic?
On March 20th, Fang Zhenyu, the founding director of Peking University Canadian Alumni Foundation, told The Paper about the war epidemic of overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese in Canada.
Peking University Canadian Alumni Foundation donated materials to support the motherland’s fight against the epidemic. The pictures in this article are provided by the respondents.
Emergency rescue from Canada across Wan Li
At the stage of domestic epidemic spread, it has become the common aspiration of overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese organizations to contribute to the motherland’s fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.
In this arduous "war epidemic", they are overseas and care about the motherland. They not only protect the motherland with love, but also express their constant presence with the motherland with practical actions.
At present, the domestic epidemic prevention and control has achieved remarkable results, including the contribution of overseas Chinese and overseas students.
In the process of fighting against the epidemic, overseas Chinese in Canada and overseas students did their best to actively raise aid materials to solve the urgent needs of their compatriots, and the Peking University Canadian Alumni Foundation was one of the important forces.
Peking University Canadian Alumni Foundation is a non-profit organization officially registered in Canada in December, 2012 with the authorization of relevant institutions in Peking University. It aims to serve the society, its alma mater and its alumni, and is committed to promoting exchanges and prosperity between Canada and China in the fields of economy, education, science and technology, and culture.
According to Fang Zhenyu, founding director of Peking University Canadian Alumni Foundation, since the outbreak of COVID-19, Peking University Canadian Alumni Foundation, as the general coordinator of joint donation, has donated 25 air cargo pallets of protective materials such as protective clothing, medical masks, goggles and medical gloves to Wuhan and other frontline hospitals in Hubei with the support of domestic airlines and logistics, with a total weight of over 8 tons and a total value of nearly 3 million RMB.
"From January 22nd, we began to organize donation activities. At noon on January 30th, after wuhan union hospital urgently needed protective materials to send a distress message to the whole society, we took the lead in building an international war ‘ Epidemic ’ Channel — — The urgently needed materials for the anti-epidemic front line will be directly transported from Toronto to Beijing Capital Airport, cleared in Beijing, and the freight will be borne by a group in China and then directly transported to wuhan union hospital. " Fang Zhenyu said, "At 11: 00 a.m. on February 1, dozens of boxes of medical materials were shipped to wuhan union hospital, filled with the deep friendship of Canadian Chinese, overseas Chinese and young international students. Among them, 3,000 sets of protective clothing solved the urgent needs of the hospital at that time."
Medical supplies full of deep friendship between Chinese and overseas Chinese in Canada and young overseas students.
How did these medical protective materials donated from Canada come from?
According to Fang Zhenyu, the Peking University Canadian Alumni Foundation has organized more than 30 volunteer teams, mainly composed of Peking University alumni and young volunteers, working in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa, Edmonton, Regina and Beijing. With the donation support of NutraLab Canada Group, a well-known overseas Chinese pharmaceutical company in Canada, it has established a centralized purchasing transit warehouse and created a "Toronto — — Beijing — — Wuhan (materials are directly transported to frontline hospitals) "channel (referred to as" multi-V-Wu "route), which was almost a" hump route "when many cities in North America and China were suspended at that time.
"Little friends only sleep for 2 or 3 hours every day, step on a foot of heavy snow to pull materials, pack them and make vouchers overnight to ensure that materials can be sent to the front line in Wuhan as soon as possible. When the motherland needs us, everyone is desperate, sleepless, and snowy! Looking back today, it is still touching. Because Chinese overseas Chinese and young international students have only one belief: if the motherland is good, I will do it! " He said.
Volunteers carry materials.
In addition to the centralized donations from non-profit organizations and some enterprises, a large part of the materials came from China students and young volunteers studying in Canada, who bought two boxes in this pharmacy and ten boxes in that pharmacy.
"These small international students in Canada really touched me. Many of these children don’t have cars. They all take buses and subways. They go to a pharmacy to ask questions. This pharmacy buys two boxes, and that pharmacy buys several boxes. They are transported together little by little with trolleys to make a box and donate it back to China. Many Chinese overseas Chinese and overseas students do not know each other at all. Regardless of age, province or dialect, we gather together and donate materials to the motherland. " Fang Zhenyu recalled with great emotion that several newly graduated young students bought a total of 1072 pairs of goggles in several stores in Prince Edward Island, Canada and sent them back to China. These post-90 s and post-00 s international students and young alumni show their infinite love for the motherland.
"Today, Canada has changed from the rear of the anti-epidemic to the front line of the anti-epidemic. I believe that the motherland and compatriots will give more real care and understanding to overseas Chinese, especially small overseas students." Fang Zhenyu said.
Overseas Chinese in Canada deliver goods.
"The vast majority of returnees have already reached a consensus — — Actively cooperate with epidemic prevention. "
As the overseas epidemic situation tends to be serious, some overseas Chinese and overseas students choose to return to China under pressure.
Recently, some of the returnees did not cooperate with the epidemic prevention work, such as concealing their trips and deliberately concealing their illness, which brought new risks to the epidemic prevention work in China.
"If it is not helpless, overseas Chinese and overseas students will not risk being infected on a long-distance plane to return home. The vast majority of this group of people who returned to China cooperated with the domestic epidemic prevention work, but the wrong behavior of a very small number of people, coupled with individual self-media rendering, formed a ‘ Do not cooperate ’ The impression. " Fang Zhenyu said that as far as he knows, overseas Chinese and overseas students who have returned to China have already reached a consensus — — Actively cooperate with epidemic prevention work such as detection and isolation, and truthfully register and report.
"We must not let the wrong actions of a few individuals damage the overall image of overseas Chinese, especially international students." For example, he said, "I am familiar with a China student who studied in new york and graduated soon. On March 10th, she returned to Beijing from new york via Toronto. At that time, her throat was uncomfortable and she coughed a little. When she declared, she immediately reported her cough symptoms. She landed at Beijing Capital International Airport at 6 o’clock in the evening, waited at the airport waiting hall until 11 o’clock in the evening, and was directly sent to a nearby hospital for nucleic acid testing. She stayed alone in a temporary ward without a quilt and did five or six tests all night. She said that these tests are all good things, and it is very worthwhile to work hard for one night, both for yourself and for others. "
Fang Zhenyu suggested that if some overseas Chinese and overseas students choose to return to China at this moment, it is imperative to do a good job of protection and consciously abide by China’s domestic epidemic prevention regulations and relevant laws and regulations. This will not only protect themselves, but also reduce the risk of epidemic spread, taking care of themselves and others and the overall situation of global epidemic prevention.
"Internal and external linkage to launch an overseas rescue operation"
"No matter how the world changes, overseas Chinese will tell their descendants that our home is in China. When Chinese overseas Chinese, especially young international students, must return to China at the moment, I believe that the motherland will certainly welcome them home! " Fang Zhenyu said frankly, "However, the biggest chance of infection when returning to China is on a narrow international flight. Once infected, it will bring greater risks to individuals and families. Of course, if more people go back, it will also bring difficulties to the epidemic prevention and control in China, especially in major international airport cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. "
"The global epidemic is still developing and changing, and the turning point of the world has not yet arrived. Now China wins, the world wins, and there is a country that has a home. Overseas Chinese and young students understand this truth." Fang Zhenyu suggested "moving the input position of anti-epidemic prevention forward."
He further explained what is meant by "moving forward the input position of anti-epidemic prevention": I hope that the motherland can give more tangible help to overseas Chinese, especially small overseas students and old overseas Chinese over 70 years old. Domestic overseas Chinese Federation and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and foreign embassies and consulates should take the lead as soon as possible to mobilize local alumni associations, Chinese students’ associations, fellow villagers’ associations, chambers of commerce and other organizations to form an anti-epidemic linkage network, and influence local communities and share China through this anti-epidemic network.
His specific suggestions include: "First, establish a real-time updated information release platform for the isolation process and prevention and control requirements of returnees by governments at all levels and localities; The second is to launch the medical aid team with anti-epidemic experience in Wu Hanyou to open long-distance voluntary consultation for overseas Chinese, popularize the medical knowledge of epidemic prevention and control and provide remote diagnosis suggestions, and at the same time provide necessary psychological counseling for some small international students; Third, in terms of testing, China donated some kits for patients to test themselves, which is convenient for elderly overseas Chinese and small international students to test at home; The fourth is to introduce Chinese medicine into Canada and give full play to its unique advantages; The fifth is to mobilize the local Chinese community and form a volunteer team to help the international students to protect their basic life, including renting houses and delivering vegetables. "
At present, the domestic anti-epidemic and emergency aid actions for overseas Chinese and overseas students have been launched.
Fang Zhenyu told the reporter, "The multidisciplinary clinic of infection and inflammation in WeChat official account, wuhan union hospital now provides COVID-19-related consultation for Chinese at home and abroad free of charge to thank the Chinese at home and abroad who donated masks, protective clothing and other materials to wuhan union hospital."
Facing the global epidemic, experts from China are also introducing the experience and lessons of China’s anti-epidemic without reservation, hoping that China’s experience will contribute to the global anti-epidemic.
Qiu Haibo, a member of the expert group of the Central Steering Group and vice president of Zhongda Hospital affiliated to Southeast University, has been keeping close contact with doctors in Italy, the United States, Canada and other countries recently. He suggested to all countries that early detection, early diagnosis, early isolation and early treatment of mild patients in COVID-19, and the deployment of epidemic defense lines in community hospitals and communities are important aspects to cut off the source of infection, control the source of infection and cut off the route of transmission.
Deliver epidemic prevention materials, open online clinic, and launch "Healthy Cloud Forum" & HELIP; … Thousands of waters in Qian Shan, separated by constant brotherhood. Fang Zhenyu said, "The overseas epidemic has spread, and China is rapidly gathering strength, and internal and external linkages have launched an overseas rescue operation. I believe we will be able to fight the epidemic side by side and overcome difficulties together!"