If the first case of coronary virus disease was found on January 23, our anti -epidemic operation has continued for more than two months.But to this day, the virus is still spreading.There are also two bad signs now: First, as a large number of Chinese people return from overseas epidemic areas, the input cases have increased day by day; second, local infections have also increased, and new infection groups have emerged from time to time.
At the same time, the spread of the epidemic in all parts of the world is even more amazing.The accumulated cases have exceeded 720,000 this Monday (March 30), and the number of deaths exceeds 34,000.The epidemic not only seized people, but also hit the world economy at once.For example, the world tourism industry, which was very booming, was completely disintegrated overnight.
Singapore airlines, ranking first in the world and making money every year, have no power to fight the epidemic, and almost all the planes are grounded.This is unprecedented, just like a boxer who was invincible on the boxing field, and was suddenly knocked down by an unknown opponent.The epidemic impact is not just Xinhang, but also my country's status as an international aviation hub.
But everyone knows that Shinhang cannot fall to the ground. Before the referee, it must stand up again.Because Singapore Airlines is an indispensable part of the overall structure of my country's aviation hub, it involves China Unicom and logistics transportation in my country and the world.We do not have domestic routes at all, and we depend on international routes. Therefore, the aviation industry must not be down anyway, we must try to hold it up. No matter how long the epidemic will last, we must not give up, otherwise it is difficult to re -born.
For Shinhang and the entire aviation industry, this is a struggle for life and death.And how is the imminent question of how to save your life?As the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Wang Ruijie pointed out, Zhangi Aviation Hub and related industries accounted for more than 5%of the GDP and hired about 1.92 million people.The aviation industry is closely linked to other economic fields, and once it collapses, it will bring a chain reaction.In fact, for the entire society and the country, this is a struggle for life and death.In every link, we must try to protect our lives and preserve the lasting combat effectiveness that is enough to end the epidemic.
The first major link is the medical staff and medical facilities of the patient who rescue patients in the rear.Although SARS (SARS), we learned a painful lesson and set up a national infectious disease center, but there were only more than 300 beds in this center, and it will be filled soon.At present, there have been more than 800 crown diseases in my country, more than 200 people who have been cured, and more than 400 people who remain in the hospital.As both foreign input cases and local cases increase, the pressure on the medical system has gradually increased.
Secondly, on the medical line, many of our doctors and nurses and other medical staff have continued to fight for more than two months. They need sufficient rest to restore vitality and relieve stress.Because the epidemic is basically controlled, our hospital avoids the terrible scenes of the early and current Italy of Wuhan, because the epidemic is out of control, the patients have increased, and the medical system is crushed.Italian even caused the mental collapse due to infection and overwhelming pressure.
If we can maintain the practice of steady and controlling and preventing and controlling in the past two months, and avoiding out of control of the epidemic, we can avoid similar tragedy scenes.To this end, our medical staff must preserve the power of lasting combat.When facing various medical equipment all over the world, how to ensure that the reserves in this area are sufficient, it is also a major challenge.Don't forget that the hospital has to take care of tens of millions of other patients.
The second major link is the economy.The government introduced a budget of 48 billion yuan on March 26. It is precisely to timely transform the economic transfusion that has been severely damaged in a timely manner, and strives to achieve three guarantees within this year: guaranteeing work, guaranteeing enterprises and the future.This is the second time that the government has used national reserves in history, and the amount has always been the largest, leading to the largest fiscal budget.Government leaders have let go. If the situation continues to deteriorate, it will not be ruled out that more reserves will be used again at the end of the year.
The government must spend money to save the economy.The question is where the money comes from?Georkeva, director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), recently revealed that more than 80 poor countries have asked the organization for help with the dilemma because of the impact of the epidemic.Singapore does not have to do this because we have enough national reserve.
The additional budget will use the reserves as much as 17 billion yuan.This is not from the sky.At the critical moment, there is money to use, and the money is sufficient, which once again explains the importance of Jiugu to prevent hunger when good scenery.How much reserves need to use the government in the end to make my country's economy over crisis, and now no one is not sure.This also illustrates another truth.The more grains, the longer the combat effectiveness of the army can be maintained.
The third major link is the community, that is, all Singaporeans of you and me.A American female doctor said in the video she uploaded by her that the front line of resistance was actually a community, not a medical staff.It makes sense.Cure patients are like treating wounded. Medical staff are more like medical teams behind the battlefield. If more and more wounded people are not loaded, the medical team cannot operate effectively.Italy is now facing this tragic scene.In the case of the respiratory, the doctor and nurse had to be distributed by the doctor and nurse.The daily death of a thousand people also make the funeral and the cremation unable to deal with it.
The equally terrible scenario is likely to follow in Africa and other places.In fact, even New York State in the United States was in a panic.Pregnant women are unable to go to the hospital to produce, and some try to go to other states, otherwise they must be produced at home.This is the United States!Think about many poverty -stricken countries, what will happen if the epidemic is outbreak.In the UK, because the government medical system is no longer overload, some private hospitals, such as private hospitals specializing in cancer, can only invest in national service and change to patients with coronary diseases.
Therefore, the first line of anti -disease is actually the community and the public.If the public is not alert, or not strictly abide by various epidemic prevention measures (such as maintaining a certain social distance), or insufficient awareness of epidemic prevention, it will easily lead to a gap or vulnerability in the anti -epidemic front.A person's negligence, whether intentional or unintentional, may cause the long -lasting combat effectiveness of the entire resistance.If the new infection group continues to rise, effective tracking will become impossible.
We have come to a new stage of resistance, and every citizen must realize that we have the responsibility of resistance to family and society, especially the responsibility to prevent community infection.This means that once you have symptoms such as cough, headache, cold, you should immediately wear a mask to see the doctor. Even if the doctor does not give sick leave, you must wear a mask to go to work.This can ensure that your relatives and colleagues will not be infected without knowing it.It is known that general private clinics do not have kits, and doctors are not easy to determine whether the patient is infected with crown disease from the surface symptoms. Therefore, wearing a mask is the best protection.
The rapid spread of the crown disease in the world is worrying.Governments of various countries have adopted a city -style measures to try to prevent the spread of viruses, but not just a matter.In Italy, social dissatisfaction is high, and if it is not handled, there is a possibility of ups and downs.In other poorer countries and regions, the measures of the city are likely to cause tens of thousands of poor people to immediately fall into the desperate situation of cutting food and cutting cooking, which may also cause social turmoil.In addition, due to different methods of response, when the epidemic can be controlled, it has become even more uncertain.
Even more unfortunately, when countries around the world need to work hard to cooperate with resistance, the major countries cannot form consensus. Some leaders of major powers also show upside down, selfishness, rags, and no big powers at all.In the face of such a world bureau, we also need to have the ability to save and protect themselves and the toughness of long -lasting combat.
(The author is a former journalist, a former member of the Congress)
