Indians Living in Wuhan City Shared the Only Way to Deal With Coronavirus

Wuhan : There is an atmosphere of celebration after the 11-week shutdown in Wuhan city of China for the prevention of coronavirus. Meanwhile, some Indians who stayed in the city during the outbreak of the epidemic have sent a message to India that strict lockdown and physical distance is the only way to escape the Covid-19. Indians present in Wuhan are happy that the death threat, which lasted for more than two months, ended on Wednesday.

Arunjit T Sarthjit, working as a hydrobiologist in Wuhan, said, “I stayed in my room for more than 73 days. I was going to my lab only with permission. Today I am not able to speak properly because during these weeks I did not speak much because everyone was in their homes and there was no one to talk to me. ”

India had evacuated around 700 Indians and foreigners through two Air India special aircraft but Arunjit, a resident of Kerala, decided to stay here and bravely face the situation as he felt it was not good for Indians to flee from a troubled place. So far, 67,803 cases of infection with the coronavirus have been reported in Hubei province of China. Of these, 50,008 cases have been reported from Wuhan, the capital of the province.

Arunjit is one of the few Indians who decided not to leave the city of Wuhan, the center of the coronavirus, with a population of more than one crore. Arunjit, a microbiologist turned hydrobiologist, is part of a research project in Wuhan. He said that India did well by implementing a nationwide lockdown but the country may face a big problem during the monsoon as the immunity of people decreases during that time.

Arunjit said that the virus may prove fatal during that time. He said that if a lesson can be taken from Wuhan, it is to maintain strict lockdown and physical distance. Another Indian scientist by profession and also living in Wuhan, completely agrees with Arunjit’s words. He too was staying here.

On condition of anonymity, he said, “I kept myself imprisoned in my house for 72 days.” My neighbor has three very young children. I have not seen him come out of his flat even once.” He advised the Indians to follow the lockdown, “I am happy and relieved that I survived, but I still refrained from going out. I am doing this because I can come in contact with people infected with the virus.” He was also the one of them who decided to stay in Wuhan and turned down the offer of the Indian Embassy.