Chinese no longer welcome as Coronavirus fear grips world
NANCHANG, Jan. 29, 2020 (Xinhua) — Workers carry protective masks at the workshop of a company in Xiajiang, east China’s Jiangxi Province, Jan. 29, 2020. To help fight the outbreak of pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus, workers of many medical material companies rushed to work ahead of schedule to make protective masks. (Photo by Chen Fuping/Xinhua/IANS)
GUIYANG, Jan. 29, 2020 (Xinhua) — Li Haiyang (L), director of the Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, presents a greeting card to a cured patient (C) in Guiyang, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Jan. 29, 2020. The patient, who was the first diagnosed novel coronavirus case in Guizhou, got cured and discharged from hospital on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Tao Liang/IANS)
INTERNATIONAL – Airlines halt flights from China. Schools in Europe uninvite exchange students. Restaurants in South Korea turn away Chinese customers.
As a deadly virus spreads beyond China, governments, businesses and educational institutions are struggling to find the right response. Safeguarding public health is a priority. How to do that without stigmatizing the entire population of the country where the outbreak began is the challenge.
With the death toll reaching 170 and the roster of cases climbing above 7,700, worries are growing. Many global companies with operations in China have asked workers to stay home. Airlines are curtailing flights to the nation. Several countries have begun evacuating citizens from the most stricken zone around the city of Wuhan.
Source: iol.co.za
