当地时间23日晚,加拿大总理特鲁多通过电视讲话宣布,“加拿大正在经历第二波疫情。”
进入9月以来,加拿大疫情反弹严重。在过去一周,加拿大每天平均新增1123起病例,远超8月中旬的日均380例。截至9月23日,加拿大累计新冠确诊病例超14万例。
在全面反弹的大环境下,加拿大华人比例最高的城市——里士满却再度引发关注。
距离美国仅30公里,感染率却极低
文章说的是位于加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的里士满市,距离美国边境只有30公里,然而,它的新冠疫情应对表现跟美国对比,仿佛是在另一个星球上。
Richmond in British Columbia is just 30km (19 miles) from the US border – but its pandemic performance might as well be on a different planet.
里士满所在的BC省每10万人的确诊人数为150; 加拿大全国每10万人的确诊人数为370; 它隔壁的美国——每10万人的确诊人数为2000......
在这次BC省全面反弹的大环境下,里士满的表现也依然坚挺。
里士满为何能成为北美疫区的一块“净土”?
里士满拥有超过20万居民,是BC省第四大人口稠密的城市,根据2016年的人口普查数据,华裔人群占到其中的53%,是亚洲以外唯一一个华裔人口占多数的城市。
《南华早报》在文章中提到,早在今年1月,里士满许多居民就戴上了口罩,并在社交上与他人保持距离。现在,口罩更是随处可见。
Many residents were wearing masks and socially distancing themselves from others as long ago as January. Now, masks are rather ubiquitous.
里士满温哥华国际机场,人们戴着口罩和护目镜 图源:路透社
8月,加拿大媒体CTVnews曾报道,里士满市长马尔科姆·布罗迪将当地新冠疫情的控制归功于华裔的积极行动。
“I believe that a big part of it was the fact that we have a very large Chinese population in the City of Richmond, that they were aware of what was happening in the infected areas of China and that they knew the dangers that were being faced.”
But as the US continues to grapple with notions about the “China virus” and the value of masks and other measures in the battle against Covid-19, it is worth focusing on Richmond’s stellar performance in the pandemic fight.
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本文作者: 中国日报
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