From self-quarantine to donating health supplies, Canadians who are in China or have relatives there are finding ways to cope amid worries over the coronavirus outbreak.
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“I do worry, especially because I’m too far away. I want to help, but there’s not much I can do,” said Wu in an interview. She finds some comfort in the sense of community she sees on social media as people try to stay positive and help one another. For many Chinese families, Lunar New Year is normally a time when long-held traditions are rekindled during large gatherings, and a stream of visits to and from grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and old friends are made. The days and weeks surrounding Spring Festival, as it is known in China, has been called the world’s biggest annual human migration, with some three billion trips taken during that period. It is often the only time of year many can see family.
“All my friends here, we just keep messaging our parents, our families, don’t gather, wear your mask, be careful, and ask if everything’s okay,” Li said.Canada may only have three cases so far, but the quiet impact of the virus has nonetheless been felt in large and small ways, especially within the Chinese community.
In pharmacies and other stores across the GTA, shoppers have reported products being sold out. Several signs at a Toronto-area Walmart over the weekend told shoppers that masks, hand sanitizers, rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, were all sold out. “My wife did a video salsa class last night with 500 people logged in to the teachers,” Wood said. “We are trying our best to stay sane and busy … life goes on.”
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