Politics
Written by: Luo Jiaqing
2020-03-10 07:00
Last updated: 2020-03-10 07:00The new pneumonia epidemic struck at the beginning of the year, which is hard to find in Hong Kong. Young people can pay attention to the latest information on the sale and distribution of masks 24 hours a day, but for the elderly, they can only "luck their luck" on the streets every day. In the freezing cold, a row is two or three hours. If you are lucky, you can get two or three masks, but more are disappointed.
A 75-year-old mother-in-law is a typical example. A mask will be used for a week or even ten days. After each use, it will be blown dry with a hairdryer and hung by the window to dry. Blower). Grandma Xu lamented that sometimes she would get two or three masks after queuing for several hours. However, due to the inconvenience of moving her feet, she gave up due to her foot pain from time to time in the queue. People make it hard. "
Xu mother-in-law blows off the mask and reuses it. (Photo by Zhang Haowei)
On the day of the visit, Mother-in-law Xu had just put on a new mask. She told reporters that the last mask had been used for ten days. The new mask came in line for hours, but the white mask was as thin as paper. The district councilor Chen Yichen who helped her mother-in-law saw this. Then she took a new surgical mask at the office and changed it with her mother-in-law. "I think I wear it thin today." ".
During the visit, shouts from the neighborhood came from time to time, "Chen Sheng, you have a mask."
Granny Xu lamented that sometimes she got two or three masks after waiting in line for several hours, but due to her inconvenience in moving her feet, she gave up due to her foot pain from time to time. (Photo by Zhang Haowei)
Bad health round mask lined up to half helpless to give up
75-year-old mother-in-law lives in Lei Muk Shue Village, Tsuen Wan. During the interview, her mother-in-law said that after the New Year, the supply of masks in the market began to be short. She often went down the street to find masks, but often failed to return. Mother-in-law Xu said that sometimes when she saw a dragon, she would line up, and she would receive several masks in a row for hours. Grandma Xu was in poor health, and sometimes she had to give up halfway. "Sometimes I only got to my feet again, sometimes I had to do it once or twice a day, and when I got it, I was scared and gone."
A district councilor who helped her mother-in-law, Chen Yichen, took a new surgical mask at the office. (Photo by Zhang Haowei)
Masks are hard to find. Mother-in-law Xu can only "hold and use". A mask can be used for a week or even ten days. Xu Granny claimed that every time she used the mask, she would blow it with a wind blower, and then hang it by the window to reuse it. "Wet a piece of paper in the wet and wet to scare the canal, and use the wind blower to scare the canal." I need to go to work in Sham Shui Po, but a mask also takes ten days. She said that when her son comes back from work every night, he will drop white flower oil on the mask, and then hang it outside the window to dry, and reuse it the next morning. If you are scared, there will be no miso, no flavor, no white flower oil. "
Mother-in-law Xu bluntly said, "I want the government to do more (masks)." "
Mother-in-law Xu's son had to go to work in Sham Shui Po daily, but a mask also took ten days. (Photo by Zhang Haowei)
Chen Sheng can't afford expensive masks, a mask takes two or three days
Chen Sheng, who has difficulty in moving, also faced difficulties. "Buy and buy it, it's expensive, and line up with masks." Chen Sheng bluntly said that even if it is available, the price is unaffordable. "If you buy it, it will cost you a lot of money. A ghost is expensive. You can buy it for a box of 200 mosquitoes."
Mr. Chen (right) used a mask for two or three days. "Put a paper towel on the canal (mask), and put a mouth on it." (Photo by Zhang Haowei)
Chen Sheng, 65, has a heart problem. He had a "Tongbo Tsai" operation at the beginning of the year. Now he needs to be supported by a walking stick. He confided that he was paralyzed from time to time, and it was difficult to queue up to receive or buy a mask. Under this circumstance, Chen Sheng had to collect masks at the Caritas Centre and Chan Chan-chen ’s office. He also understood that using a mask for a long time would be useless, but a mask would still be used for two or three days. Drain (mask), hold your mouth up "," Only toilet paper change. "
Chen Sheng said frankly, "I hope that the government will reduce it. It will be difficult to embarrass you, and you will be surrounded by masks."
Chen Sheng, who has difficulty in moving, also faced difficulties. "Buy and buy it, it's expensive, and line up with masks." (Photo by Zhang Haowei)
Chen Yichen approves government's purchase of masks for inaction
A member of the Tsuen Wan District Council, who has been assisting them, said that after the New Year, many neighbours would ask him if masks were distributed. At peak hours, dozens of neighbours would make enquiries. If they were publicly distributed, there would be hundreds of neighbours waiting to receive them. Chen Yichen said that a mask requires six or seven yuan, and the elderly can hardly afford it, and even the elderly will be forced to buy paper masks with poor results.
Chen Yuchen said that after the Chinese New Year, many neighborhoods asked him whether masks were distributed. At the peak, there would be dozens of neighborhoods. If they were distributed publicly, there would be hundreds of neighborhoods waiting for collection. (Photo by Zhang Haowei)
Chen Yichen said that the district council had organized an epidemic prevention package campaign earlier, and hoped that the community education would be better in the future so that the public would know more information about epidemic prevention. Chen also criticized "seeing the government to do anything", the citizens can only search for masks "on their own".
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