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Family of Coronavirus Victim in Hong Kong Demands Apology:
Why Government Officials didn't Tighten Border Controls?
11:40pm, 10 August 2020
The ride from Shatin's Chun Yeung Estate to Kwun Tong Bypass takes less than 10 minutes. Jo looked at her husband, sitting behind the steering wheel, defying the speed limit.
Yet, he was not fast enough.
On the other end of the phone, Jo's brother said, “Dad is gone. Stay vigilant when driving.” Not knowing what to say or how to respond, Jo briefly acknowledged and hang up.
Her husband was tearing profusely, completely inconsolable, blaming himself for being the first one in the family infected with the coronavirus.
Jo had nothing to blame her husband. Rather, she was angry at the health authorities that refused to let her accompany her father to the hospital; those at the quarantine centre who claimed they would make arrangement but never help her visit her dying father; and the government officials who failed to implement effective pandemic control that caused rounds of outbreak, claiming the lives of innocent people.
"Because of your decisions, I will carry my regret for the rest of my life," Jo said. When Jo could leave the quarantine centre, it was already too late to see her father for the last time. Jo was separated from father by the health authorities 14 days ago as her father was brought to the hospital and Jo was sent to the quarantine center in Chun Yeung Estate.
During the interview, Jo did not yell even once. She kept mumbling, “We've paid so much attention to personal hygiene...they said that the death rate is low, but my father had died? ... father will miss my wedding."
Jo raised many questions to the authorities, “I want to know why government officials didn't tighten border controls, a crucial measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus from its source."
Since the passing of her father, Jo cannot watch any TV nor news program. She cannot bear to hear the government official calling the elderly died of coronavirus by a mere identification number.
"It's so inhumane, as if they want to gloss over the pandemic. Does one have to die just by being old and suffering from chronic disease?"
These government officials, mentioned by Jo, never show a sign of remorse, nor did they apologize to the family of the 90 patients whose lives were claimed by the coronavirus outbreak.
Source: Stand News #Sept1
https://www.facebook.com/standnewshk/posts/3416018128483783
#WuhanPneumonia #ClosetheBorder
Family of Coronavirus Victim in Hong Kong Demands Apology:
Why Government Officials didn't Tighten Border Controls?
11:40pm, 10 August 2020
The ride from Shatin's Chun Yeung Estate to Kwun Tong Bypass takes less than 10 minutes. Jo looked at her husband, sitting behind the steering wheel, defying the speed limit.
Yet, he was not fast enough.
On the other end of the phone, Jo's brother said, “Dad is gone. Stay vigilant when driving.” Not knowing what to say or how to respond, Jo briefly acknowledged and hang up.
Her husband was tearing profusely, completely inconsolable, blaming himself for being the first one in the family infected with the coronavirus.
Jo had nothing to blame her husband. Rather, she was angry at the health authorities that refused to let her accompany her father to the hospital; those at the quarantine centre who claimed they would make arrangement but never help her visit her dying father; and the government officials who failed to implement effective pandemic control that caused rounds of outbreak, claiming the lives of innocent people.
"Because of your decisions, I will carry my regret for the rest of my life," Jo said. When Jo could leave the quarantine centre, it was already too late to see her father for the last time. Jo was separated from father by the health authorities 14 days ago as her father was brought to the hospital and Jo was sent to the quarantine center in Chun Yeung Estate.
During the interview, Jo did not yell even once. She kept mumbling, “We've paid so much attention to personal hygiene...they said that the death rate is low, but my father had died? ... father will miss my wedding."
Jo raised many questions to the authorities, “I want to know why government officials didn't tighten border controls, a crucial measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus from its source."
Since the passing of her father, Jo cannot watch any TV nor news program. She cannot bear to hear the government official calling the elderly died of coronavirus by a mere identification number.
"It's so inhumane, as if they want to gloss over the pandemic. Does one have to die just by being old and suffering from chronic disease?"
These government officials, mentioned by Jo, never show a sign of remorse, nor did they apologize to the family of the 90 patients whose lives were claimed by the coronavirus outbreak.
Source: Stand News #Sept1
https://www.facebook.com/standnewshk/posts/3416018128483783
#WuhanPneumonia #ClosetheBorder