A month after the lockdown, how are the local residents?
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China Pictorial
Ms. Yao (left) and Ms. Wang are respectively a volunteer and a community worker in Chuchai Community of Wuchang District, Wuhan. The community has more than 10,000 residents but only 11 designated community workers. With the help of volunteers, they carry out door-to-door screening work in the community. Yesterday, they found two new suspected patients. After a household is checked, a sticker reading “Screened” will be pasted on its door to show that the community is aware of the health condition of the family. by Duan Wei/China Pictorial
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At 2 a.m. on January 23, 2020, the epidemic prevention and control headquarters of Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, issued a notice: Starting from 10 a.m. of January 23, Wuhan would suspend all the public transportation services including buses, subways and ferries. And without special reasons, residents are not allowed to leave the city. Wuhan has been locked down.
A month after the lockdown, how are the local residents? Journalists of China Pictorial are walking around the city to meet street cleaners, delivery guys, community workers and volunteers, shop owners and solitary old women to record their lives in this special time with their cameras.
Born in 1958, Liu Jiaju serves as a street cleaner in Qinglong Lane near Yellow Crane Tower, a Wuhan landmark. She starts working before 5 a.m. every day. She says that she is a little bit scared about the novel coronavirus pneumonia, but she has to do her duty. by Duan Wei/China PictorialLin Dajie undertakes a heavy duty to clean three streets and two communities every day. She hopes the epidemic will end soon and that everyone will be safe. by Duan Wei/China PictorialMs. Chen runs a store which opens from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. with about 100 yuan (US$14.2) daily turnover. She has no way to replenish her stock and just sells the goods she has on hand. Only a few people go to the shop. Her daughter is quarantined in another community in Wuhan, so they talk every day on phone to cheer up each other. by Duan Wei/China PictorialKe Xiuying, 81, lives alone in Minzhu Lane. Days ago, community workers sent her a week’s worth of vegetables including radish, broccoli and Chinese cabbage. Her daughter was diagnosed with COVID-19 and has already been discharged from the hospital. The old woman said she can ask for help from the local community whenever she needs it. by Duan Wei/China PictorialMs. Zhang, a native of Anhui Province, worked in a restaurant in Wuhan. Because of the lockdown, she couldn’t go back to her hometown. The restaurant was closed, so now she has no income and had to borrow 1,000 yuan (US$142.2) from her friend to get through current difficulties. Her son is living in the neighborhood with his family. They cannot meet each other because of the outbreak. She said she doesn’t think too much about the future and just hopes the epidemic will end soon. by Duan Wei/China PictorialMs. Yao and Ms. Wang (left) put a sticker reading “Screened” on the door of every checked household in the community. This is to show that the community is aware of the health condition of the household. by Duan Wei/China PictorialVolunteer Ms. Yao is putting a sticker reading “Screened” on a door of a household. by Duan Wei/China PictorialDliveryman Mr. Zhao works from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. to deliver daily necessities for residents who cannot conveniently go out. by Duan Wei/China Pictorial
