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This is the second flash of dialy life from Shanghai in the SARS times. This is a sunny, warm Saturday in early spring. I stayed at home the whole day today.
Fast Food Restraunts
KFC in Metro City of Xujiahui changed face from yesterday night. All staff - the counter, the cleaning staff, the cooking staff and managers wore large white facial masks. Whenever a customer leaves his/her seat, the cleaning staff will rush to the seat and spay disinfectant onto the table, then clean it. This does not enhance neverness at all. On the contary, I feel very relax and safe when I ordered by "Suite 1" (21.50 RMB). ll many people there, although not that crowded.It is easier to find a seat now. There were still two tables available when I got my plate - this is seldom seen for the rush hours.
Office building disinfected
A notice in the building I worked in was placed in the lobby. It announced the emergency phone number of SARS contact person of the property management company and put the schedule of disinfection.
Chat with a friend
A friend of my just called and let me know she just returned from a business trip to Beijing. Oh! I asked about the situation. She told me that the airport of Shanghai is checking every passenger carefully. She filled the form and went through the time consuming physicial examination. She will stay at home for some days before she go out.
Taxis and buses
According to Shanghai government's official website, the city's transportation administration announced the new transportation viechele disinfection regulartion.
Starting from April 26 (today), all the 18496 buses, 46000 taxis and 324 metro trains are required to stick "Disfinected" label before put into operation. This is another solid action to prevent the spreading of SARS via transportation system. It always help the public to descrease panic.
Daily infection is requierd, so they have design 7 color labels:
Monday brown Disinfected Tuesday bluegreen Disinfected Wednesday lilac Disinfected Thuresday green Disinfected Friday lightyellow Disinfected Staturday lightgreen Disinfected Sunday skyblue Disinfected
The sticker need to appear on the glass of the doors where passengers get aboard the buses. Taxis need to stick it at the right corner of the front glass. The sticker also will be seen on the window beside the doors.
All citizens are entitled to call the administrations if they find any car not follow the regulations. I also post the numbers here for your reference:
Buses 63175522
Taxi 63232150
Metro lines: 64483666 63189000
Other transportation 65956925
Transportation information 962000
The area code of Shanghai is 21 and the country code of China is 86
Meanwhile, to prevent SARS from spreading, all cars must not use air conditionings and must open the window for enough fresh air circulation.
So no wonder Caroline commented at 4:11 PM:
Have you seen how the cabs in Shanghai are so shiny today?? Clean!!! Even the blue ones and the maroon ones are clean! The roads are swept so often! And of course spitting is now a 200rmb offense in Shanghai! Wow!And what a beautiful day it is outside!
Posted by: Caroline on April 26, 2003 04:11 PM
Online shopping
After the government's suggestion to stay home and avoid travel, many people are staying at home recently. The shopping malls are less crowded than before. On the contary, online shopping, which is warm but not hot this year, become extremely hot.
When I logged on to the one of the largest online (and offline) chain supermarket LianHua's website, a notice pop up appeared (Chinese notice and will exist for only limited time. The link may be broken when you try). Here is the excerpt:
Impacted by SARS, customers tend to choose to shop online. This caused the order of this week increased by 120%. Some goods are out of stock. At the special time, solidarity is the first priority. We are trying our best to make sure your goods are delivered on time. Our staff will wear masks when delivering the goods to your door.....
I bought some rice, water and other neccessities from the website - it can be deliver to my home in 3 hours. It is very good, right?
WHO's team in Shanghai
WHO held the press conference in Portan-RizCarlton Hotel at 17:30 yersterday after investigating Shanghai's SARS situation for five days. We are longing for the result of the inspection.
According to the announcement, WHO think highly of Shanghai on SARS. I watched part of the press conference. It was on Shanghai TV this morning.
"We have not found the Shanghai government to have flaunted the numbers or covered up the outbreak," said Keiji Fukuda, a member of the United Nations agency's team. "Based on what we have seen, the case numbers reported are in the ballpark."The team attributed the small number of SARS cases in Shanghai to two factors: luck and the city's deliberate precautions.
"SARS is not a worldwide epidemic yet and the incidence of the disease is quite different in different regions. Moreover, local health authorities have gained much experience and lessons from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Beijing to conduct effective measures such as avoiding hospital infection and establishing a strict monitoring system to identify SARS cases and suspected patients and to conduct separation measures," said Keiji Fukuda.
Source: Eastday.com
Two cases in Shanghai
Lots of friends outside Shanghai asked me whether I believe in the number of 2 confirmed cases in Shanghai, while Beijing and Guangzhou have much more.
Well. I only happen to live in Shanghai and I don't have any data to support the guess of either side. I can only judge based on my feeling and my observation of very limited part of the city.
I am convincined that the number of 2 cases are reasonable and very likely to be true. Here are some reasons why I believe in the official numbers the government announced. DISCLAIM: MY PERSONAL OPPION ONLY
Posted by Jian Shuo Wang at April 26, 2003 3:38 PM
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Shut up.How dare you distort the facts so brazenly!How dare you can say in such a wonderful web created by Chinese!The Chinese nation must win the battle against SARS.I make the bet with you!
Posted by: Lunor on April 26, 2003 8:37 PMJust now, someone from German (IP: 194.221.32.*) left three comments under various entries insulting my country and advocated nationalism. I have deleted the posts and banned the IP address. Thanks Lunor for the comment.
Posted by: Jian Shuo Wang (external link) on April 26, 2003 8:44 PMWe have added a special carpet outside of our art studio, it is soaked in 1 part chlorine to 49 parts water. People have to step on this in order to come inside our studio. This will kill off anything they have stepped on. Try it for your homes and offices. I got this formula from a doctor who is my buddy and works for the United Christian Hospital in HK.
Posted by: Caroline on April 27, 2003 6:08 PMCaroline,
Do you think the carpet will really help? The virus is inside the body of the patient and spread via cough or airbone. It does not resides on the shoes. I do agree, though, that it is a good way to release the anxiocity of the people inside your studio. :-) Thanks for sharing anyway - maybe I will take a try too. Stay health and be happy.
Posted by: Jian Shuo Wang (external link) on April 27, 2003 6:20 PMYes, for sure. Many doctors got SARS in HK from walking in the wards and going home in those shoes!
Posted by: Caroline on April 29, 2003 12:48 PMSounds reasonable. Thanks for sharing, Caroline.
Posted by: Jian Shuo Wang (external link) on April 29, 2003 7:44 PMAfter I have posted my question about SARS to the site,I feel much relief to hear that the Shanghai govt has taken such measure to control the spread of diseases. Now I can reconsider my trip there this Dec. I really appreciate Wangs time in giving me such quick answers to my worries.
Posted by: lorenzo_lau@hotmail.com on May 27, 2003 4:42 PMYes. There are a lot of messures and I don't think you need to worry about SARS when you come to Shanghai. It is not that bad. However, as is always true, taking precautions doesn't hurt.
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