The sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19 in some provincial-level regions in north and northeast China have again highlighted the importance of home quarantines, lockdowns and canceled trips.
“I finally concluded my sixth quarantine in the past year,” Gu Juan, an alias, told Chinanews.com.
Born in Shijiazhuang, Gu works in Beijing now. Her first quarantine experience came after her trip to southwest China’s Yunnan Province in January 2020. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan City, central China’s Hubei Province, she received a notice demanding her to self-quarantine at home.
Gu’s latest home quarantine came when she returned to Beijing after spending the three-day New Year holiday in her hometown, which reported one COVID-19 case on January 2, 2021.
After doing a second nucleic acid test, Gu was notified yesterday that she could return to normal life.
Admitting she was a bit afraid during her first home quarantine, because she was unfamiliar with the virus, Gu said there is no need to feel panicked when facing the pandemic, but stressed that people should pay attention to obeying the virus prevention and control measures.
Gu’s case is no exception, many people in China are currently in lockdown amid the ongoing resurgence of COVID-19. For example, the city of Gongzhuling in Jilin, which has a population of around one million people, has imposed a strict lockdown, shutting all but essential stores.