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Volunteer Driver Recalls the Coronavirus Lockdown in Wuhan
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2:07Now PlayingLi Wang was a volunteer driver for Didi who helped medics and residents in Wuhan, China during the virus lockdown that lasted over two months.
“Every single driver experienced unimaginable things and faced a lot of personal difficulties," says Wang, “to be honest, now that I’m looking back at those times I don’t know how I was able to stay strong.”
For drivers like Wang and the more than one thousand helpers like her in Wuhan, the focus was on filling the transportation gaps left behind by curbs on ride-hailing and public transportation. Wang also transported alcohol, disinfectant, masks and protective gear into housing compounds.
So far, Wuhan’s answer has been to create a version of normal that would appear utterly alien to people in London, Milan, or New York — at least for the moment. While daily routines have largely resumed, there remain significant restrictions on a huge range of activities, from funerals to hosting visitors at home.
More than 80% of China’s almost 84,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19, and more than 95% of the roughly 4,600 confirmed deaths, have been in Hubei, of which Wuhan is the capital and largest city.
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