Bai Yunyi and Xie Wenting
[Global Times reporter Bai Yunyi and Xie Wenting] \”Virus cruise\”, \”terror cruise\”, \”fatal drift\”, \”floating prison\”… These are some scary-sounding words to describe A ship – the \”Diamond Princess\” luxury cruise ship. A month ago, the \”Diamond Princess\” cruise ship carrying more than 3,700 passengers and crew arrived in Yokohama, Japan. Immediately afterwards, everyone was required to stay on the ship for quarantine. At the beginning, 10 people were diagnosed, which increased to 621 14 days later. By March 1, when the last group of people, including the captain, disembarked, the total number of confirmed cases reached 705. The rising numbers have attracted the attention of the world, and directly pushed Japan into the whirlpool of the epidemic. For Japan, the \”entire ship quarantine\” response has been criticized. For epidemiologists, the cruise ship is an important observation sample for epidemic prevention and control in closed places. For those on board, those ten days were a lingering nightmare.
\”The initial laughter and joy on the ship now seems like a dream\”
Five months ago, when Huang Yaxi (Hong Kong native) When she was in front of the computer and excitedly booked tickets for her family on the \”Diamond Princess\” during the Spring Festival, she had no idea that this would become an unforgettable journey for her. At that time, she imagined the luxurious banquet halls, beautiful art galleries, outdoor swimming pools and bathing beaches on the cruise ship, as well as the endless sea and blue sky. So she booked three rooms with no windows or balconies for her family of seven, \”because we will definitely be busy attending various activities and won\’t have much time in the rooms.\”
The first days were indeed happy and busy. Huang Yaxi is a photography enthusiast. While spending time with her family, she also uses her camera to capture every moment on the ship. \”The people on the boat came from more than 50 countries. We greeted each other politely, danced together, played table tennis, and even played mahjong together. Those laughter and joy seemed like the best moments in life.\” Huang Yaxi recalled, \”Looking back now , just like a dream.\”
Swimming pool, restaurant, dance party… Recalling the first happy and leisurely days on the boat, Huang Yaxi lamented that \”everything seemed like a dream\”
Before the outbreak, the colorful life on board the Diamond Princess
The relaxed mood lasted until February 1. On that day, she suddenly stopped Be bombarded by friends and family Explosive text message: An 80-year-old Hong Kong man who had been on the Diamond Princess was diagnosed with COVID-19. She quickly put down her phone, put on a mask, and rushed to the customer service department to ask, but the staff seemed as confused as she was. Measures.
Two days later, Huang Yaxi suddenly heard a broadcast: The cruise ship will be approaching. Arriving in Yokohama early, the Japanese government required a comprehensive inspection before disembarking. Although there was some tension in the air, everyone was still chatting and laughing together in the lounge, and there was even a musical on the schedule that night. Staged. \”We had already conducted an inspection in Okinawa before, and everyone thought that this time in Yokohama would be similar. Huang Yaxi told reporters.
In the evening, the Japanese quarantine personnel who boarded the ship entered the cabin to check the body temperature one by one and collected throat swabs for some people at higher risk. Huang Yaxi remembered that it was 4:30 in the morning. Minutes later, armed staff knocked on her door after taking the throat swab. Finally, she tried to comfort herself not to be nervous, \”Maybe if you get some sleep, everything will be fine the next day.\” But she never expected that what they were waiting for on February 5 was not the news that they could disembark, but what happened next. I couldn\’t leave my room for 14 days. \”At that moment, I knew the nightmare had begun. ”
In the early morning of February 5, Japanese quarantine personnel collected Huang Yaxi’s throat swab for the first time
After the outbreak, many areas on the ship were blocked
On the vast sea, exchange information and hold groups together Heating becomes the most important thing Able Choice
Although Huang Yaxi and her parents, uncle and aunt lived in three rooms next to each other, they could not see each other most of the time during these 14 long days and nights. , we can only communicate through the Internet.
“During those days when we stayed in a small, airtight cabin, we could no longer perceive the passage of time. The only thing that could make us feel the time was that three meals a day were delivered to us. Hour. \”Huang Yaxi told the Global Times reporter that later, a crew member told them that the TV in the room had a live channel facing the bow of the ship, and they could see the sunrise and sunset every day. So Huang Yaxi turned on the TV and used a piece of cloth to Cover it like a curtain and pretend it\’s the window and the sun
During the quarantine, Huang Yaxi’s lunch with her family
In addition to measuring her body temperature with the thermometer provided by the epidemic prevention personnel every day, Huang Yaxi was always talking to other passengers on the ship Exchange the latest information. On the vast sea with an unknown fate, hugging each other for warmth became their most instinctive choice. “One day, the girl living on the floor below my deck suddenly sent me a text message in panic, telling me that she had a high temperature. , she was very scared and worried about her parents. I had to promise her that I would take care of and comfort her parents. Soon after, the girl was diagnosed and taken off the ship with her mother to the hospital. Huang Yaxi recalled, \”Later, I would send messages to her and her father every day to encourage them. Because I know how important it is for someone to tell them at this time, \’Everything is going to be okay.\’ \”
However, as more and more people around her were diagnosed, the fear in Huang Yaxi\’s heart grew bigger and bigger, and the knocking on the door even became her most fearful thing. \”Because I don\’t know what\’s going on outside the door. Was it a crew member who came to deliver something, or a heavily armed quarantine officer who came to give us the bad news of being infected. Therefore, every time the door was knocked, or I peered into the corridor through the peephole, there was a strong sense of unknown and uneasiness that roared towards me. \”She told reportersSaid, \”I find myself becoming more and more paranoid. Sometimes I want to check my temperature more than 30 times a day. And my husband is more anxious than me because he is the one who opens the door every time.\”
In During those days, \”going out\” was one of the happiest things for Huang Yaxi. It was also the only time the family could meet on the deck. Starting from February 7, the Japanese health department approved that passengers on board the ship can move on the deck in batches for a period of time. Stretching out in the sea breeze, enjoying the long-lost sunshine, and making their son happy, who has been bored by the isolation life, has become the happiest time for Huang Yaxi\’s family.
On February 17, Huang Yaxi\’s parents played \”rock, paper, scissors\” with their grandson during the \”free time\” to pass the time during the boring isolation period Time
A short \”window\” time is often the happiest time of the day for many passengers, even if it is just a walk on the deck
\”We sometimes talk to Children play rock, paper, scissors,\” Huang Yaxi told reporters when recalling this experience. \”There were a lot of people on the deck during the wind release, but once we heard someone coughing, we would immediately walk away. Looking back on this now, I feel a little guilty, because the cough may just be because of the dry air.\”
When living in anxiety and isolation, even a piece of dessert can be a comfort. One day, there was a \”twist candy\” among the food delivered. Huang Yaxi was surprised to share it with her husband, and shared the photo on social media, writing: \”This is a childhood memory.\” Coke, yogurt, fried eggs and other food that were not unusual in daily life made her have a full appetite at this moment. \”The crew has been taking good care of us as much as possible,\” she said. \”Later, more food and supplies arrived one after another.\”
In this way, in the constant alternation of good and bad emotions, on February 19, Huang Yaxi finally waited for the disembarkation notice. \”I was so excited that I packed my luggage early. I remember calling the service desk countless times that day, asking over and over again when I could leave. When I was getting the test results and permission to disembark, my body was shaking, and my palms were shaking because of the The moment we saw the result was negative, my husband and I were anxious and sweating. , hugged each other and cried loudly, which was a kind of tears of relief and safety. \”
\”This crisis has made me see the fragility of life and the brilliance of human nature.\”
However, disembarking does not mean the end. On February 23, Huang Yaxi and other Hong Kong residents took a charter flight back to Hong Kong and were immediately sent to the quarantine center in Chun Yeung Estate, Fo Tan, for 14 days of isolation and medical observation. The isolated room and meals were very simple, there was no TV, and the Internet signal was not good. However, after experiencing the test of life and death on the \”Diamond Princess\”, Huang Yaxi cherished the feeling of setting foot on land again. \”No complaints at all,\” she said.
Passengers on the cruise ship who dispersed around the world after disembarking also continued to send messages to Huang Yaxi. \”Some people tell me hopeful news, and some people send back less optimistic news. Listening to all this, those of us who have not been found to be infected sometimes feel a sense of lucky guilt,\” she said with emotion.
There is luck and trouble. Out of fear of the spread of the epidemic, Huang Yaxi and her family became the targets of attacks. According to Huang Yaxi, many people regard them as the source of virus infection, and the way and location of their return to Hong Kong and isolation has caused a lot of controversy in Hong Kong. \”A photo I took of the exterior of a quarantine building and a photo of a sushi meal in Japan caused a lot of abuse. But that was actually taken before I got off the car and entered the quarantine area, and that meal was also the first meal I ate in the quarantine room. A meal.\” Huang Yaxi told reporters, \”I am very sad that the virus will bring about such politicization and labeling.\” However, Huang Yaxi chooses to remember more of the beauty of human nature. The biggest crisis she encountered on the ship was on the third day of quarantine. Her mother suddenly felt that the blood vessels in her eyes might have ruptured and bloodshot eyes were covered with blood. At that time, the medical staff on the entire cruise ship were busy with quarantine and the new coronavirus, but they still gave timely treatment to the elderly like Huang’s mother, and Huang Yaxi posted on Twitter The message for help also received concern and comfort from all over the world.
To thank the crew who have been serving them, and to motivate himself, Huang Yaxi\’s son drew such a picture and posted it outside the door
Such a tender moment is still There are many. On this big ship like the Tower of Babel, there are many. There were many elderly people who didn\’t understand the language. Huang Yaxi and some young passengers took the initiative to translate every prompt on the ship to them. \”I am grateful for the opportunity to help others in this situation. Maybe this is human nature, which spans more than 50 countries. , like a little light in the dark night. \”Huang Yaxi said that although there has been a lot of criticism of Japan\’s response to the cruise epidemic, as one of the people who experienced it, she still understands and thanks the Japanese health department and the managers on the ship for everything they have done, because this is an \”epic epidemic\” Crisis\”, \”No decision will be perfect.\”
On February 23, Huang Yaxi\’s family returned to Hong Kong from Japan by chartered flight
\”This crisis, which is accompanied by both bitterness and sweetness, has made both I saw how fragile life is, and it also allowed me to see the greatness of human beings.\” Huang Yaxi described the changes this experience had on her life. \”To this day, my husband and I still can\’t help but take our temperatures many times a day, and we often I have nightmares and wake up suddenly from time to time in the middle of the night. The tired voice of the captain when he made the announcement to us still seemed to linger in my ears. Fortunately, as time goes by, such nightmares have become less and less common. \”
\”The only thing we can do now is to try to live every day well, let life gradually return to normal, and slowly forget the unhappy memories on the ship. \”Huang Yaxi told the Global Times reporter, \”Every day, we are one step closer to going home. We are still waiting. \”
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No matter the last batch of crew members left the ship on March 1 Whether Japan disembarks or Huang Yaxi and others return to their home country, it does not mean the end of the story of the \”Diamond Princess\”.
On March 2, according to Japan. According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, there was one new confirmed case on board the Diamond Princess, a crew member. On March 1, a hospital in Australia reported the country’s first death from COVID-19, a patient from the Diamond Princess. \”People who returned to Australia on the cruise ship. On February 28, a British man who contracted the virus on the cruise ship died in Japan, becoming the first British man to die from the disease.Chinese. The United Kingdom sent an \”evacuation\” charter flight to the ship on February 22, but several British people who tested positive were not taken back to the country and stayed in Japan.
Such tragedies have triggered some discussions. For example, some British media questioned the government: Why did they not take the compatriots on the ship back to the country earlier, but let them be trapped on a ship that is highly susceptible to infection for so long? Many British passengers on the cruise ship were also extremely dissatisfied with the British Foreign Office, saying those waiting days were \”desperate\”.
In contrast, American Fehrenbach is much luckier. On the charter flight en route to being evacuated and flown to a California Air Force base, he sat in front of a woman who later tested positive, but remains healthy. \”(After getting off the plane) I probably used half a bar of soap to try to wash myself clean,\” he said of his first day after returning to China: \”The first thing I did was take a shower and disinfect my luggage.\”
Fehrenbach and his companions, who were isolated at the air force base, were not restricted to their rooms, so they chose to spend most of their time outdoors every day after being exhausted on the ship. \”Everyone was walking on the lawn, playing football, sunbathing, and doing gymnastics,\” he described, \”but everyone was wearing a mask and staying six feet away from each other.\”
\”One time My companion and I took a walk late at night, which was an unforgettable experience because the entire yard was lit up by huge floodlights. It was like daytime. There were at least three or four cars nearby, and they were all full of police. \”It felt a bit like a zombie movie, but also a bit like a summer camp. I don\’t know whether to describe it as fun or scary.\”
Now, what Fehrenbach is most worried about is when to return to China – before that, he was a graduate student at Tianjin International Studies University. \”I\’m a little at a loss now. I\’m afraid I won\’t be able to return to China in the foreseeable future, and I have to find a suitable place to live.\” He was undecided whether to go to his parents\’ home in Canada, because he would probably have to go back to China again. Canada accepts 14 days of quarantine.
In addition to the passengers, what will be the fate of the \”Diamond Princess\”, the protagonist of this incident? According to media reports, after everyone disembarks, the cruise ship will disinfect the ship and then replace the crew. The ship\’s operators have launched a global \”tender\” to find the most professional ship cleaning and disinfection company. They hope to resume operations of the \”Diamond Princess\” before April 29.
Editor: Yang Yang
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