In a special article for "Israel Today", the city resident describes dealing with the virus • From 200,000 tests performed within a few days to easing the closure in recent weeks • "Feeling together"

We got good news. As of July 4, as someone living in a low-risk area in Beijing, I can already leave the city limits without waiting for a negative result of the nucleic acid test. As of June 11, we now have a total of 324 infected in hospitals.

Beijing has become the center of attention of the Chinese, we rely on the valuable experience we have gained in dealing with the corona.

So if I got infected in Corona, I was treated in a free hospital. If I have been exposed to infections, I must move to a particular hotel and be in strict isolation where there are employees who bring me three servings a day to the door of the room.

Another food market closes in Beijing after 36 corona patients were linked to it // Archive photo: Reuters

If a new infection is discovered in my neighborhood, my neighborhood becomes a high-risk area and closes for entry and exit. If I'm a healthy girl living in a low - risk area, my life is not much different than usual: going out to work, spending time with friends, and just having to be prepared with the green health code on my cell phone. 

A simple operation that amounts to downloading the app with a QR code in red, yellow or green that marks my level of risk depending on the route I take every day. Since the first case of the new eruption in Beijing was discovered on June 11, medical staff and security personnel have quickly found the location - Shin Fa Di Market. How big is it as Asia's largest market for agricultural products? Imagine a market the size of 170 soccer fields.

Within a few days, the process of locating the patients was completed, during which 200,000 people were examined, and at the same time, the nucleic acid tests were performed on eight million residents within 20 days. In order to prevent the epidemic more effectively, they divided the city into different areas and streets and cataloged them for high, medium and low risk levels depending on the number of cases. Maintaining security and personal hygiene is maintained in all branches of employment.

However, it is very important to protect the economy and prevent market collapse and the collapse of the small citizen. Everyone knows the Chinese are disciplined. We put on masks without arguing, but not everyone here obeys the guidelines either, so we have regulations on maintaining insulation and a ban on pharmacies selling fever-reducing drugs, and those who have a fever should see doctors and not try to take medication.

Despite all our attempts, I'm not proud of us. No one wants to be in corona mode and it is a hard and sad experience. But there is one thing I am proud of, and that is that even though we maintain the physical distance, we feel the love in the soul, the "togetherness." The plague will eventually end, and I hope that after that humanity will be more friendly and love others and the planet more, and I think we can support each other and love each other from now on. Let's get started?  

The author is a resident of Beijing and an employee of International Radio