Chinese mother builds an anti-coronavirus tent for her daughter using bamboo strips and a plastic sheet so the girl can study outdoors without getting infected
- Bi Mengqi, seven, has to attend online classes every day during the epidemic
- But the internet is slow at her rural home in Hubei, the centre of the outbreak
- Her mother found a spot near the entrance of their village for the girl to study
- The woman used bamboo and a plastic sheet to keep her safe while outdoors
A Chinese mother has built an anti-coronavirus tent for her daughter using bamboo strips and a plastic sheet so the girl can study outdoors safely during the epidemic.
The woman’s seven-year-old child has to attend online classes every day from their rural home in Hubei Province, where the outbreak started.
Because the internet connection inside their house is poor, the mother decided to make the temporary ‘classroom’ to protect the girl when she attends lessons outside.
Seven-year-old Bi Mengqi was in remote Changyang County of Hubei Province when the lockdown order was issued. Her mother built a tent so she could study outside of their home
The first-grade pupil has to attend online classes while sitting outdoors every day because the internet signals inside her home are poor. All schools in China remain closed due to the virus
Originating in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the new coronavirus – known as COVID-19 – has infected more than 74,000 people inside China.
The Chinese government has locked down tens of millions of people in Hubei Province, of which Wuhan is the capital city, to prevent the spread of the disease.
Seven-year-old Bi Mengqi was in remote Changyang County when the lockdown order was issued.
Due to the fact that the internet service in the region is not ideal, it became difficult for the first-grade pupil to study after the new school term started.
Bi’s mother now accompanies her daughter to study in the tent every day. The pair always ensure they wear face masks throughout the process to prevent the spread of the disease
Bi’s mother took her mobile phone and went around the village to test the speed of the internet. She eventually found a spot near the entrance of the village for her daughter to study.
Afterwards, the woman used bamboo strips and a large plastic sheet to set up a temporary shelter for her child.
The parent now accompanies her daughter to study in the tent every day. The pair always ensure they wear face masks throughout the process to avoid cross infection.
A video of the woman’s homemade equipment was released by state media People’s Daily on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent to Twitter.
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,129 people and infected more than 75,700 globally
Students across the country are now attending their lessons with the help of the internet. In the picture above, a teacher speaks with her students on her smart phone during an online class at a middle school in Donghai in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province on February 17
In the picture taken on February 12 in Wuhan, the ground zero of the epidemic, a woman wears a protective mask and another makeshift device made of bubble wrap as she is out shopping
Chinese citizens have step up their efforts to protect themselves from the deadly disease. A man is pictured wearing a protective mask at Beijing railway station in Beijing on February 11
Hubei, situated in central China, accounts for more than 80 per cent of the confirmed cases and 95 per cent of the deaths across the world.
Overnight, the Hubei health officials reported 349 new cases out of a nationwide total of 394 and 108 of the 114 new deaths across China.
The figures are the lowest daily tolls in a month and Beijing said outbreak control efforts ‘are working’.
Globally, the coronavirus epidemic has killed at least 2,129 people and infected more than 75,700, and has spread to at least two dozen countries.
SOUTH KOREA REPORTS ITS FIRST CORONAVIRUS DEATH
South Korean health officials in hazmat suits spray disinfectant in front of the Daegu branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in the city of Daegu on Wednesday
South Korea has seen its first coronavirus death after Daegu city’s 2.5million people were put on lock-down today after the country’s cases nearly doubled to over 100.
Mayor Kwon Young-jin made a televised address, urging citizens to wear masks and remain indoors while revealing his concerns that the contagion could rapidly overwhelm the city’s health infrastructure.
A man in his 60s in neighbouring North Gyeongsang province tested positive for the coronavirus after dying Wednesday following symptoms of pneumonia, authorities said.
A patient suspected of carrying the new coronavirus, named COVID-19, arrives at Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu, South Korea on Wednesday
The surge in cases comes after a 61-year-old woman, known as ‘Patient 31’, came down with a fever on February 10 but continued attending the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a nationwide ‘cult.’
The Deagu branch of the sect has around 8,000 congregants and 37 of its members, as well as ‘Patient 31’ have been stricken by the deadly contagion known as COVID-19.
Patient 31 is believed to have attended at least four services since she fell ill and refused to be tested on the grounds she had not recently travelled abroad.
The woman is also believed to have contaminated another person at the hospital.