Wuhan Stories

“In three hours, Yao took the lady to five supermarkets, three of which were closed. When they finally got what she needed in two other supermarkets and got back, it was already after lunch time.”
https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/04/16/ferrymen-in-wuhan-part-ii/

“Ferrymen” in Wuhan (Part II) On the third day after Du came to this community, he received an unusual request from the committee secretary: a resident needed to go to the funeral home as soon as possible because his father had…

"two elderly people in their 60s went to the hospital but on their way home, there was no vehicle for them. Nor did they know how to use the shared bikes, so they walked for three hours to go home." https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/ferrymen-in-wuhan-part-i/

“Ferrymen” in Wuhan (Part I) Thirty-nine-year-old veteran Du Yong has found himself a new battle. This time, in his hometown, he’s once again working on the front line.  Setting off from Xudong community committee of Hong…

"She sent a letter to the public in which she apologized for being the first corona patient in Taiwan. But she also said that “but I believe, no one wants to get sick.” https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/04/12/collateral-damage-of-covid-19-chinese-overseas-live-in-shade-part-iii/

Collateral Damage of Covid-19: Chinese Overseas Live in Shade (Part III) Is it “racism” or just an “overreaction”? Cheng Chen is a postgraduate in Columbia University in New York. He didn’t go back to China in his winter vacation and thus excluded from a set of corona c…

“I can totally understand people’s reactions and behaviors in our trip, which makes it even harder to explain my bad mood.” https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/04/10/collateral-damage-of-covid-19-chinese-overseas-live-in-shade-part-ii/

Collateral Damage of Covid-19: Chinese Overseas Live in Shade (Part II) Jian Fang and his parents flew from Chengdu to Paris on 22nd January. It was their first day of Spring Festival Vacation. But the mood was a bit different this time after they knew Wuhan was locked…

“I plan not to go out as much as possible. Even when I am out, I will not speak Chinese.” https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/04/09/collateral-damage-of-covid-19-chinese-overseas-live-in-shade/

Collateral Damage of Covid-19: Chinese Overseas Live in Shade Troubles of having an “Asian Face” According to the initial plan, Xueting Qian was supposed to embark on her PhD study in Ewha Womans University, South Korea, in March. However, because of the outb…

"doctors told health workers in the ambulances that they shouldn’t take more patients to the hospital anymore. The hospital couldn't admit more patients."
https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/corona-patients-of-critical-conditions-in-wuhan-begging-for-a-bed/

Corona Patients of Critical Conditions in Wuhan: Begging for A Bed “If a person dies at home, they will not be counted into death toll caused by corona pneumonia.” Beds in Hospitals Are in Huge Shortage My dad is 64 years old and a native Wuhan citizen. He has now…

"We wear isolation gowns, protective suits, masks, face shields, two pairs of gloves and shoe covers … With all these gear on, we can’t breathe freely and have misty goggles. Our ears are hurt ... Our noses feel hurt..."
https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/04/03/are-you-giving-us-up-part-i/

Are You Giving Us up (Part I)? The makeshift hospital kept the lights on at night. The interior is a sea of whiteness, white light, white walls and white partition boards. When Feng Qiang walked into it for the first time, his e…

"When all of this is over, I want to take a break. I hope my wife can also have some time off because I want to take her, my kids and parents out to see our beautiful country. I believe everything will be fine."
https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/30/seven-wuhan-families-combating-coronavirus-part-i/

Seven Wuhan Families Combating Coronavirus (Part I) “I have mixed feelings inside but have to force a smile to tell them everything is fine.” On the Chinese New Year’s Eve, Wang Ning, 40-year-old staff at Wuhan Children’s Hospital, was eating instan…

"Hello, the first day of March. I have too many expectations of March. " I guess people now have too many expectations on April.
https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/the-lonely-ward-for-a-new-mom-infected-with-covid-19/

The Lonely Ward for A New Mom Infected with COVID-19 On 28th February, Shanshan Li, who had lived in the insolation ward in Zhongnan Hospital for half a month already, was discharged and transferred to an isolated hotel where she would receive medica…

"The other day when I was video calling my kid, he told me to stay still so he could hug me virtually. I just miss my child so much." https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/because-of-dire-supplies-shortage-in-wuhan-we-are-ashamed-of-saying-we-need-medical-gear-part-ii/

Because of Dire Supplies Shortage in Wuhan, We Are Ashamed of Saying We Need Medical Gear (Part II) ❸“They can’t shop for quite some time so now they just want to buy anything they see or hear of.” I have another kind reminder for our citizens now. Be careful of fraud donations. While communicati…

I had tears more than one time in translating this story. Very touching... "A 3-A level hospital in Huanggang dispatched an ambulance that drove 127 km away just to fetch 720 masks. After they got the supplies, they needed to go back to the hospital and started to transport patients again. This kind of experience is common in cities nearby Wuhan. Only ambulances are viable. Other cars are not allowed to get on the highway. "
https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/24/because-of-dire-supplies-shortage-in-wuhan-we-are-ashamed-of-saying-we-need-medical-gears/

Because of Dire Supplies Shortage in Wuhan, We Are Ashamed of Saying We Need Medical Gears (Part I) Doctor An Wu (a pseudonym) works in a designated hospital for accepting novel corona patients in Xiaogan City, Hubei Province.  Xiaogan is 66 km away from Wuhan, the closest prefecture level c…

"Li had to quarantine himself at home and take medication while his daughter was on the frontline fighting against the novel coronavirus." https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/a-brutally-wounded-wuhan-hospital-part-ii/

A Brutally Wounded Wuhan Hospital (Part II) Days and Nights at the Fever Clinic The situation seemed to turn south suddenly on January 20th. On January 18th, the third expert team dispatched by the National Health Commission and led by Dr. Z…

"Although earlier the authorities declared that the pneumonia would not spread from person to person, Wu Min still suspected. She didn’t go home that morning and had a sleep in the hospital lounge instead together with two colleagues. They opened the windows and slept with surgical masks on." https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/22/a-brutally-wounded-wuhan-hospital-part-i/

A Brutally Wounded Wuhan Hospital (Part I) Wu Min, a respiratory physician at Wuhan Central Hospital, walks into the isolation ward in a protective suit already worn by her colleagues. It was late night on January 15th when Wu showed sympto…

We need some hilarious story to laugh at during the lockdown at home. I had lots of laughter while proofreading it. The story is about what happens to a guy after he accidentally ended up in a locked-down epicenter, Wuhan. https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/19/what-happened-when-a-young-man-from-dalian-accidentally-ended-up-in-wuhan-during-covid-19/

What Happened When a Young Man from Dalian Accidentally Ended up in Wuhan during COVID-19 This is an especially hilarious story about how a young man from Dalian (China) accidentally ended up in Wuhan and managed to get through hardships during COVID-19 lockdown. On February 12th, the 2…

"Looking back, I realize how priceless it is to live a normal life. Taking my baby to have a walk or play on a slide, or going to movies with my husband… I used to take these things for granted. But now they are such sweet memories to me. They are faraway happiness."
https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/15/canary-in-a-coal-mine-part-ii/

Canary in a Coal Mine Part II Being alive was the best thing we could have On the night before January 23rd—the day when Wuhan went into lockdown, a friend from a relevant governmental institution called me, wanting to know the…

When a professional tried to give warning, bureaucrats admonished her for spreading rumors... "We are very ashamed when having meetings... how could you a professional be so undisciplined and spread rumors just like that?
https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/13/canary-in-a-coal-mine/

Canary in a Coal Mine Part I On 30th December 2019, Fen Ai received a virus test report of a patient with unknow pneumonia infection. She highlighted “SARS coronavirus” in red. When being asked about what was going on, Ai took…

"With my last breath, I want to tell my friends, relatives and most importantly my son who is far away in the UK: I have shown filial piety to my parents as a son, have shouldered the responsibility as a father, have loved my wife as a husband, have been loyal to everyone as a person! Farewell! Farewell to those I loved and those who loved me! "
https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/12/four-people-from-the-same-family-died-within-17-days/

Four People from the Same Family Died within 17 Days One more tragedy happened in the coronavirus-weary Wuhan, the epicenter of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak—another case of multiple people infected and died from the same family. On 14th&nb…

https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/12/wuhan-nurses-39-day-fight-against-covid-19-confirmed-cured-donating-plasma-back-to-work/

Wuhan Nurse’s 39-day Fight against COVID-19: Confirmed, Cured, Donating plasma, Back to Work “I called my supervisor that I wanted to go back to work. Because I’d just recovered, they didn’t want to assign me to the isolation ward, but I managed to convince them.” said Han Qianru, a nurse …

When Wuhan is locked down, the city with 900 million people suddenly becomes a ghost city. The city is empty but the stories are stilling going on, even in a more powerful and surreal fashion. They buy food, but they can’t go shopping freely. They visit the road, but there is only the silent road. But thank you to those insignificant who are doing what they can to support the city. They are deliverers with tons of cartons on their scooter, they are shop assistants, they are ordinary people in Wuhan. Here is a documentary made by a Wuhan citizen.
https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/11/life-of-ordinary-people-in-wuhan-during-lockdown/

Life of Ordinary People in Wuhan during Lockdown When Wuhan is locked down, the city with 900 million people suddenly becomes a ghost city. The city is empty but the stories are stilling going on, even in a more powerful and surreal fashion. They…

When the whole city is locked down, millions of people in Wuhan are limited at home. What is the life like for a deliver man? What responsibilities does he shoulder? What stories has he seen?
https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/10/they-are-wuhanese-%e4%b8%a8-diaries-from-the-delivery-rider/

They are Wuhanese 丨 Diaries from a Delivery Rider While nine million people are quarantined at home to avoid infection, the remaining delivery riders on the go become the few people that are still able to see the “world out there”. Ji, one of the …

"The dead are gone but the living must go on!"

https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/06/department-head-at-central-hospital-of-wuhan-mourns-shopkeeper-lin-jun/

Department Head at Central Hospital of Wuhan Mourns Shopkeeper Lin Jun Lin’s shop when he was alive It was past 9 pm on February 11. Cai Yi, the chief surgeon of the CHW‘s pain department, who had been fighting at the frontline of the epidemic, wrote a long post…

Here is our second part of the story about chicks during corona.
"This time, he is one of the earliest farmers who buried the chicks in his area. 'It is better to just get it over with, rather than prolong the agony.' "
https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/07/fates-of-chicks-during-coronavirus-outbreak-%ef%bc%88part-ii%ef%bc%89/

Fates of Chicks during Coronavirus Outbreak （Part II） ❸  “It doesn’t help even if your brother is the village head” To let the chickens live one more day, Ping Wang’s husband left home very early on his scooter. He first needed to buy corn and th…

This is our first story. It is heart-wrenching 💔
https://wuhanstoriesnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/03/fates-of-chicks-during-coronavirus-outbreak-part-i/

Fates of Chicks during Coronavirus Outbreak (Part I) Since Chinese New Year’s Eve, Xu Hezhang has been leaving home at 9am every morning and returning home 14 hours later at 1 am the next morning. He drives his own car to deliver over 100 boxes of su…

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