A model who remained in Wuhan for her boyfriend during the coronavirus outbreak has claimed that the locals were facing a food shortage, especially meat.
Residents of a village on the outskirts of Wuhan were only able to buy basic vegetables, and ‘some families even had no meat to eat’, said Annabella Woo who is from Hong Kong.
One villager allegedly got detained for 14 days after sneaking out of the community to buy groceries, she wrote on social media.
Hong Kong model Annabella Woo has been stranded in a village an hour drive from downtown Wuhan after the city went into lockdown last month to prevent the spread of the coronavirus
Residents of a village on the outskirts of Wuhan were only able to buy basic vegetables, and ‘some families even had no meat to eat’, Ms Woo wrote in a post on Instagram yesterday
The 28-year-old has been documenting her life in a small community about an hour drive from downtown since the city went into lockdown last month to prevent the spread of the deadly disease.
In her latest post on Instagram, Ms Woo described her situation 33 days into isolation.
She said that all families in the village had to get their daily supplies through local officers, who would ask the residents what they need and buy the goods for them. She called these people ‘surrogate shoppers’.
‘The surrogate shoppers of our village can only purchase simple vegetables, such as potatoes, turnips and cabbages. [It’s] hard to get meat…’ she wrote yesterday.
The locals were so desperate for meat they had started to catch fish in rivers, the entertainer said.
She said that all families in the village had to get their daily supplies through local officers, or ‘surrogate shoppers’, who would ask the residents what they need and buy the goods for them
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‘The surrogate shoppers of our village can only purchase simple vegetables, such as potatoes, turnips and cabbages. [It’s] hard to get meat…’ she wrote yesterday. The locals were so desperate for meat they had started to catch fish in rivers, the entertainer said
Ms Woo counted herself lucky because she said she had been given 10 chickens and a box of eggs by neighbours who are poultry farmers.
‘At least, I have meat for every meal. Four dishes and a soup, this is already very good. Some families even had no meat to eat,’ added the entertainer, who is also an anchor.
Ms Woo said she was fortunate to have good friends and neighbours.
She said she was able to harvest vegetables from other families’ fields should she need; and a Japanese friend of hers had also posted face masks and herbal cough medicine to her.
She encouraged people to stay calm to beat the virus.
‘The epidemic is like an exam. I hope through this exam, we can improve the immunity of our emotions. After all, only those who can control their emotions well will be able to control their lives,’ she said.
The coronavirus epidemic has killed at least 2,771 people, infected more than 81,400 globally
Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei with 11 million residents, went into lockdown on January 23 in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The picture shows a Chinese security guard wearing a protective mask as he checks the temperature of people in Beijing on February 26
Hubei, situated in central China, accounts for more than 80 per cent of the confirmed cases and 95 per cent of the deaths globally. Outbreaks outside of China have escalated. The picture shows a woman in Beijing wearing a protective mask as she walks in the street on February 26
Overnight, the Hubei health officials reported 401 new cases out of a nationwide total of 406 and all 52 new deaths from the country. The picture shows a Chinese man wearing a protective mask as he waits to cross a nearly empty intersection on February 26 in Beijing
Originating in Wuhan, the new coronavirus – known as COVID-19 – has infected more than 78,000 people inside China.
Hubei, situated in central China, accounts for more than 80 per cent of the confirmed cases and 95 per cent of the deaths globally.
Wuhan, the provincial capital with 11 million residents, went into lockdown on January 23 in the wake of the outbreak. The majority part of Hubei then followed suit.
A nurse donning a hazmat suit looks out from her misty goggles while working in a hospital designated for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province on February 23
Male nurse Liu Hengming adjusts his goggles while working in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital designated for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei on February 22
Dozens of countries are now battling the contagion, with South Korea, Italy, Japan and Iran among the worst-affected. The picture shows medical personnel working in the intensive care unit of a hospital designated for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan in Hubei province on February 24
Overnight, the Hubei health officials reported 401 new cases out of a nationwide total of 406 and all 52 new deaths from the country.
Outbreaks outside of China, however, have escalated in the past few days. Dozens of countries are now battling the contagion, with South Korea, Italy, Japan and Iran among the worst-affected.
Globally, the coronavirus epidemic has killed at least 2,771 people, infected more than 81,400 and spread to at least two dozen countries.