This article is from the WeChat public account: Zixiangwang (ID: passagegroup) , author: Fu Rao, from the cover: Oriental IC
During the Chinese New Year in 2020, a new coronavirus outbreak, and infection cases quickly spread from Wuhan to the whole country and even overseas, and was listed by the WHO as an “international public health emergency”. As of this writing, 24,627 new coronavirus-infected pneumonia cases have been diagnosed worldwide, including 194 overseas cases and 494 deaths.
New viruses have triggered alarms worldwide. At least 16 countries have withdrawn from Wuhan, 16 countries have refused entry from China, and many more have cancelled direct flights to China. India and Southeast Asian countries that Zhixiang Network has long followed are also listed.
In the past half month, many overseas people used their overseas contacts to quickly purchase medical supplies, set up a logistics network, and send batches of goods to the country to help the Chinese affected by the epidemic to weather the crisis. In just a few days, the difficulties faced by these seagoers have also increased day by day:
Restricted visas, cancelled flights, quarantined situations, and the risk of potential discrimination have all come together with the epidemic in the Year of the Rat, giving sea companies numerous problems. The first difficulty is the difficulty of returning to work.
On February 2nd, India announced the invalidation of e-visa, giving Chinese people who are about to return to India a head start. A series of questions have come after them whether they can rework after the holidays and how to maintain relationships with customers. We interviewed Tim, a voyager who went to India at the risk of repatriation. His bumpy entry experience was the epitome of huge uncertainty faced by Chinese voyagers during the epidemic prevention and control period.
Along the way, Tim 揣, with the possibility of being “pushed back” at any time, after several inquiries and inspections by the airline company, finally entered India at around 00:00 on February 4. After the hanging heart finally let go, he sent out a circle of friends in the company’s taxi and said, “SurelyMy heart is beating “.
Narrator: Tim, an employee of a Chinese technology company in India
Inbound route: Shanghai-Bangkok-Bangalore
Entry time: around 0am on February 4th
(Tim dictation below)
I canceled the flight, I foresee an action in India
I work as a legal person in a Chinese technology company. I started to reside in Bangalore last year. On the 28th of the month, (January 21) returned home Chinese New Year. At that time, it was completely unexpected that the new type of coronavirus infection pneumonia would have such a serious impact, and entry and exit became a problem.
I originally booked my ticket very early. I booked Indian Indigo Airlines (Indigo) from Hong Kong to Bangalore on February 5th Ticket. On February 1, I received a message that the flight was cancelled. In fact, Indigo Air has grounded almost all of India’s domestic flights.
On the evening of February 1, I revised my Thai Airways joint flight ticket. I plan to fly from Shanghai to Bangkok on the morning of February 3, and fly from Bangkok to Bangalore that night, and enter India in the early morning of February 4. (see screenshot)
Tim’s itinerary details, screenshots from subject