WUHAN: Wuhan has not only regained its vitality, but has also become the symbol of China’s formidable force in the arduous battle against the COVID-19 epidemic, as more untold stories from the city came to light after anti-COVID-19 scientist Chen Wei, together with other members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), returned to Wuhan in recent days. Numerous untold stories have turned Wuhan into a city of heroes, where scientists like Chen took the battleground as her home and raced against time to answer questions from the public, medical staff soldiered on in the front line at the risk of being infected, and volunteers put their lives aside to make their personal contributions, Chen said on Saturday, 100 days after she had previously left the city.
On March 16, the world’s first novel coronavirus vaccine injection was administered in Wuhan. In May, the world’s first human data on a vaccine was also released in the city, Chen revealed, saying it was the heroic Wuhan people who made their research possible.
Chen said she was worried about where to find volunteers for vaccine research, as Wuhan was in the middle of lockdown, but was surprised when 5,346 volunteers signed up, some of whom were couples. “If both of them were infected, no one would take care of their children. This touched me very much. They are really heroic Wuhan people,” Chen said. When she led the fight in Wuhan on January 26, no vehicles were seen on the streets. But now, Wuhan has regained its vitality, and Chen marvels at the completely different scene of the city crowded with people and vehicles, even at night. Chen, together with other 41 members of the CPPCC, made the journey back to Wuhan after China conferred the Medal of the Republic and other honorary titles to those who had made outstanding contributions to the fight last week.
– The Daily Mail-Global Times News exchange item
