The truck driver Abang (63 years old) has been working in cross-border work for more than 20 years. Until April, it was all overshadowed by a 36-day "diagnosed and trapped journey".
From February to March this year, the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong was severe, and the confirmed cases hit new highs. The Shenzhen Municipal Government implemented the "full connection mode" on March 14, and cross-border drivers must hand over their trucks to mainland drivers at the connection point at the mainland port. "Driver".
When the epidemic prevention policy was tightened, Abang was diagnosed in the mainland and received isolation treatment. After he was discharged from the hospital, he was trapped at the Shenzhen Bay port connection point for many days because of the expired home return permit. Going to the port connection point "same as Hong Kong's scumbag (police detention center)", Abang had nowhere to ask for help: "I'm in a very low mood, I lost 10 pounds!" The Government Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong (GDETO) followed up and finally returned to Hong Kong successfully.
A lorry driver Abang (63 years old) has been engaged in cross-border work for more than 20 years. Until April, it was all overshadowed by an accident that lasted 36 days.
(Photo by Cai Zhengbang)
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At 8:00 a.m. on February 24, Abang went north after a negative rapid antigen test at home. He passed through the Shenzhen Bay Port and went to Dongguan to load the goods.
At about 10 a.m., he was in a warehouse in Dongguan when he was suddenly notified that the nucleic acid test report at the Shenzhen Bay Port was positive and he had to wait for the arrival of the epidemic prevention office.
"One trick is like a biochemical attack," Abang recalled. After the community personnel found him, they immediately pulled up the blockade. He stayed in the front of the car and waited. The epidemic prevention officers in protective clothing arrived later and took him away. He was sent to the town hospital for nucleic acid testing. In the afternoon, the confirmed diagnosis was sent to the Fangcang shelter hospital for isolation and treatment.
The truck driver, Abang, continuously reached the CT value below 35 in the Fangcang shelter hospital, and was transferred to a general hospital for further isolation for 7 days. Fortunately, the isolation treatment was completed on March 25, and he was hospitalized for a full month.
(Photo by Cai Zhengbang)
Abang shared a room with a stranger from Hong Kong in the Fangcang shelter hospital. He developed mild symptoms of cough and fever on the second day. The doctor said that the medicine would not be provided until the next day. He took a fever-reducing medicine provided by his roommate.
He pointed out that since the mainland had high requirements for negatives at that time, CT values below 40 were considered positive, and it did not drop to 35 until a week later. Today. I am twenty years old, and my mentality is all about resignation. It would be inappropriate for him to tie you up." "I can't even walk out the door. It's better than being in prison. There are hot and cold showers, and there is a TV to watch you." ".
Until March 18, he continuously reached the CT value below 35, and was transferred to Shenzhen Pinghu South China Hospital for further isolation for 7 days. During this period, he was also worried that Fuyang would return to the Fangcang shelter hospital. Fortunately, the isolation treatment was completed on March 25, and the hospitalization was full. A full month.
After being discharged from the hospital after the home-return permit expired
Misfortunes do not come singly. Abang's home return permit expired 3 days before he was discharged from the hospital (on the 22nd). During his hospitalization, he repeatedly inquired about the discharge arrangement and asked for a doctor's certificate, hoping that the return journey would be smoother.
When he was hospitalized and discharged, because his health code was red or yellow, and the Shenzhen Port Office tightened the cross-border transportation policy, he did not dare to walk around, and he misunderstood that as long as he drove to the border, he would be assisted by government personnel. Go to the Public Security Bureau to apply for a one-time entry and exit pass, but drive directly to the Shenzhen Bay Port.
Unfortunately, the situation backfired, and Shenzhen Customs could only take him back to the connection point. From then on, he was trapped in a "stinky" dilemma for a week.
Since March 14, the Shenzhen Port Office has implemented a "full connection mode". Cross-border drivers are not allowed to travel north. Mainland drivers must be "driven" by mainland drivers for loading and unloading journeys. Hong Kong cross-border drivers must wait at the connection point.
Abang could not leave the port connection point, nor could he go to the Public Security Bureau or Luohu China Hostel to apply for a certificate.
He and the company have repeatedly called different government departments in the Mainland, such as the Shenzhen Municipal Government Hotline, the Mayor's Hotline, the Public Security Bureau, etc., either by voice or by responding to the situation.
"The Public Security Bureau has explained that you are not a relationship or a leftover. I can come to you in a traffic accident. You are not a criminal..." I have made dozens of phone calls in the past few days, first contacting the Automobile Office, and then notifying the Epidemic Prevention Office. , to be sent by the Epidemic Prevention Office to take him to the Luohu China Hostel to apply for a certificate.
A set of procedures has been recited by Abang, but no department has practical actions to assist.
"No one cares about you. You, the Chinese and Hong Kong drivers, are the most troublesome. Locking you up is not good for you."
The Federation of Trade Unions and the Guangdong Office assisted in obtaining the documents and returned to Hong Kong smoothly
Dawn dawned after a 5th day stay at the connection point.
Chen Wenshui, executive member of the Container Transport Trade Unions Federation, went to the connection point to inspect the environment. He learned that Abang was trapped for many days, and immediately contacted the trade unions to help get in touch with the Guangdong Office. Finally, the documents were successfully processed within two days. He returned to Hong Kong smoothly on April 1.
The record of being trapped in the mainland of Abang: At about 8:00 am
on February 24,
after the rapid test in Hong Kong was negative, he set off for nucleic acid testing and sampling at Shenzhen Bay Port, and went to Dongguan to load the goods.
At 10:00 in the morning, I received a notification in the Dongguan warehouse that the nucleic acid test was positive, and I waited for the epidemic prevention personnel to be sent to the hospital for a second test.
At about 3 pm, the second nucleic acid test was positive and he was sent to the Fangcang shelter hospital for isolation and treatment.
On March 14,
the Port Office of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government implemented the closed-loop management of Shenzhen-Hong Kong cross-border transportation. Shenzhen-Hong Kong cross-border drivers must hand over vehicles with mainland connecting drivers at the port connecting point.
The driver must wait for the mainland driver to return the vehicle at the connecting point.
On March 18,
Abang's nucleic acid test CT value was lower than 35 for three consecutive times in Fangcang Hospital, and he received a negative report. He was transferred to a general hospital for 7-day isolation.
The home return permit expired
on March 22 .
The nucleic acid test was negative on March 25,
and a total of 30 days of treatment were completed before and after completion.
Returning to the warehouse and driving to Shenzhen Bay Port, because the home return permit expired and could not pass the customs, he was taken back to the connection point.
In the following days, several calls to various departments in the Mainland for help were unsuccessful.
On March 29,
Chen Wensong, executive member of the Container Transport Trade Unions Union, inspected the environment of the connection point. After learning about the situation in Abang, he assisted in contacting the Guangdong Office through the Union of Trade Unions to assist in applying for a one-time entry-exit pass.
On April 1,
7 days after the Shenzhen Bay port connection point, he returned to Hong Kong smoothly.
"Trapped" connection point was very depressed and lost 10 pounds
Whenever he mentioned the "trapped" days, Abang sighed again and again: "It's so desolate, so hesitant, so irritable!" The constant calls were all but dead, and there was no time to wait at the connection point.
He pointed out that the sanitation of the connection point at the Shenzhen Bay Port is as poor as a Fangcang cabin hospital, but the equipment is more simple. The two-story building is assembled from about 20 containers. The room he is in is equipped with a reclining chair and an air conditioner. There are water dispensers and public toilets in the venue. "There is no water to wash and wash your face on the 7th." During the period, you can only get a lunch box from the staff. I don’t even have food.” Although he has no appetite, he still forces himself to eat, worrying that “no one will know if he will die.”
He described that "the 7th is the same as Hong Kong's stinky people. The rest is that you will sleep, you will eat, no one will care for you, no one will help you, and no one will help you." If you are sick in the hospital, go to the hospital, there is no time to go to the docking station, no one can help you, you are in a very depressed mood, and I lost 10 pounds!”
He said that he has been a man for twenty years and has always been optimistic, but at that time he was as depressed as never before. "Suddenly being trapped for 7 days, the main reason is that I don't know the result, because no one helped you at the beginning. die".
In order to save myself, "I've always thought about going out with a car and crashing into a wreck and making a big canal, but I've thought about it a bit deeper, and I'm doing it all by myself!" He pointed out that epidemic prevention is a national policy, and mainlanders are too bureaucratic to do things, and he is afraid He caused trouble and had nowhere to ask for help. Until the Guangdong Office intervened, the certificate was successfully obtained in two days.
He knew that failing to change his card in time was the main reason for being trapped.
When I returned to the mainland on the same day, I still had 27 days to go back to my hometown. It was New Year’s Day before departure and the epidemic was serious. Peers are acting more cautiously during the pandemic.
Abang said that before the epidemic, his monthly income was more than 20,000 yuan, which was similar to that of driving a local car, but he could visit relatives and friends while crossing the state and the province, which was more relaxed and free.
However, after experiencing the incident of being trapped in the connecting field, he did not dare to go north for the time being. Currently, he is switching to local cars. After the "full connecting mode" is changed, he will consider returning to his old business.
The Transport Department stated that from February 28, the Transport Department will arrange for special personnel to conduct rapid antigen tests for cross-boundary truck drivers at all land ports. From March 20, rapid nucleic acid tests will be used. Rapid nucleic acid test samples.
Since February 28, a total of 747 preliminary positive cases have been detected at various land control points.
The spokesman said that with regard to the arrangements for Hong Kong cross-border truck drivers to have their home return permits expired during the quarantine period in the Mainland, cross-boundary truck drivers must go to the Shenzhen Office of Hong Kong China Travel Service (Address: 2/F, Shenzhen Railway Station Corridor) before leaving the country at the port. Shop B5) to apply for an "Entry-Exit Permit" to return to Hong Kong.
At the same time, in order to avoid the above situation, the department recommends that Hong Kong cross-boundary goods vehicle drivers try to ensure that their Home Return Permits are valid for at least three months before returning to the Mainland, and should arrange to renew their Home Return Permits as soon as possible.
If Hong Kong residents outside Hong Kong need assistance in case of accidents or emergencies, they may call the 24-hour helpline of the "Assistance to Hong Kong Residents Unit" of the Immigration Department at (852) 1868.
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