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'Returning to Ukraine is more dangerous than staying in China': Ukrainian student on the situation with coronavirus

Ukraine has evacuated 49 of its citizens from Wuhan, the coronavirus epidemic center in China. But not all Ukrainians living in China are in a hurry to go home. Among them is student Tatyana Koryanova, writes DW.

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Despite the fact that student and blogger Tatyana Koryanova from Zaporozhye lives 700 kilometers from the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in China, Wuhan, life has changed in her city during the epidemic.

Tatyana has been living in China for almost three years. With the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic, she became an active blogger and reports on events in China on her Telegram channel #setaproPro China about life in the country and why she is in no hurry to leave China.

“After almost three years of living here, it is very difficult mentally and physically to pack up my things and leave. I'm studying at university and this is my last semester. Here I have to defend my thesis. My visa is valid until July,” Tatiana explained. — Another reason why I don’t want to return to Ukraine is that it’s a long journey and there’s a very high probability of getting sick. Airports and airplanes are large crowds of people, I’m going around them now. If I go, not only me, but also all my relatives will be at risk. And I don’t want this for anyone.”

In addition, the girl says that there are not so many options to leave the country.

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“We can say that there are very few options to travel now. My university needs to make an official announcement about the extension of the quarantine or the start of classes. I will finally decide what to do next in March,” said the student.

The Ukrainian says that so far none of her acquaintances have been infected.

“Recently, my friend had a fever. And although the coronavirus was not confirmed in the end, I was very worried at first. Because with this virus, you actually start to worry more not about getting sick yourself, but about infecting a large number of people,” explains Tatyana. — This is the main fear for me, although I am also afraid of getting sick. But we have been living in such circumstances for almost a month now - since the beginning of the epidemic. And although now some factories and large corporations have already resumed their work, this does not apply to the areas of education, entertainment, and food. All these places were closed and are still closed.”

“As for my situation, I can safely go outside (always wearing a protective mask). In Suzhou we now do not have any restrictions on the number of exits per day, as in Wuhan. “I understand that the situation in the infected city of Wuhan is now very difficult,” the girl complains. — Despite the fact that now in China the situation is different in every city, I understand that people’s patience may run out. There is information on the Internet that in Wuhan some people seem to be jumping from windows. In my city and surroundings, I see that everyone is calm. Everyone supports the doctors and the patients.”

There are many different videos on the Internet about the current situation in China. A girl on her Telegram channel often warns that there are many fakes among them.

“Of course, I understand and want to warn everyone that there is a lot of fake information. For example, some videos from unknown sources that have been circulating since the beginning of the epidemic, about people seemingly falling in lines. In most cases these are fakes. As for the death penalty (as the maximum punishment for deliberately concealing symptoms of coronavirus or distorting information about a patient’s condition), it’s true, I read this news in Chinese,” says the Ukrainian woman. — I monitor Weibo (one of the largest social networks in China), and there I spread not very positive sentiments about the virus, because people are tired and suffering. In addition, people now have big economic problems. Many don't work. The virus could not be dealt with as quickly as we wanted. I hope this ends soon. Because I still believe that no one could handle this better than the Chinese. And this is also one of the reasons why I don’t want to return to Ukraine.”

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On her Telegram channel, the girl writes that she does not really understand the Ukrainians protesting against the placement of fellow citizens evacuated from Wuhan at their localities.

“Please stay healthy and filter information now, especially about China. Everyone wants to profit from this information. In fact, everything is not so scary and there is no need to panic. Yes, this is an unknown virus, but these are the times that we may all have to live with it for a long time,” the girl emphasizes. “And I hope that in three or five years, or even faster, it will be like a regular flu, which, by the way, also kills people.” But he is not a sensation. And I hope we can all get through this. As for me, yes, my life here is a very interesting experience. But if they offered me to relive this again, I would never agree. Be healthy".

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