The first batch of Hubei tourists in Harbin lifted the ban: it was spring in the blink of an eye.

The first batch of Hubei tourists in Harbin lifted the ban: "the first day" in spring

An observation point in Daoli District of Harbin was released from isolation. Photo by Li Ren

  BEIJING, Harbin, February 7 (Xinhua) After the last temperature monitoring, the first batch of Hubei tourists in Harbin ended their observation and confirmed that they were not infected with COVID-19, and they gradually lifted the isolation of centralized medical observation points. On the 7th, three days have passed in beginning of spring in 2020, but it is the "first day" when they enter the spring of 2020 when they open the door that has been closed for 14 days.

Hubei tourists received the "physical examination form and blood routine test list for people leaving the city". Photo by Li Renshe

  At an observation point in Xiangfang District, Harbin, a group of Hubei tourists "ended" in winter on January 23rd. They saw the dream of Snow Town in Heilongjiang and returned to the reality of the new pneumonia epidemic. On the morning of the 7th, the last three tourists flew home. The "temporary home" where they lived for half a month was called "Spring", but today they bathed in the first spring of the New Year.

  The good news continued to come from the observation point in Daoli District, Harbin. Twenty-three Hubei tourists received the "physical examination form and blood routine test form for people leaving the city" at 21: 00 on February 6. At that time, several children in the crowd put on cotton-padded clothes, rushed out of the door and grabbed a few handfuls of snow on the side of the road. It was the first time they touched the snow in Heilongjiang when they got off the plane and were sent directly to quarantine.

  At the corner of the observation point, the temporarily "opened" book corner is still "free of charge", and the books donated by all parties are still constantly updated and disinfected daily. On the first day after the "lifting of the ban", adults still used reading and surfing the Internet to relieve their anxiety, while children were still reading and doing their homework. "Because some tourists want to stay in Harbin, they will make a return trip after the epidemic subsides." Wuhan tourist Qiao Fei explained.

Hubei tourists from an observation point in Daoli District, Harbin are released from isolation. Photo by Li Ren

  Two of the 23 tourists left Kazakhstan on the 7th, and one of them was Hou Bihua, a Wuhan tourist. It happened to be "a year" from the time he entered this "isolation door" to the time he went out. He said, "Because I wanted to avoid gathering infection, I ate dumplings alone for thirty nights. It’s spring in the blink of an eye. It’s good to look up at the blue sky and breathe fresh air. "

  Another tourist who left Kazakhstan today is Li Jinglong, who will send his wife and children to Jiamusi to settle down and return to Jingzhou, Hubei alone. He said: "I am a doctor. I am particularly anxious when I watch the development of the epidemic. I want to return to the front line as soon as possible to fight the epidemic." After taking a group photo with the local staff in Harbin, Hou Bihua and Li Jinglong also bid farewell to each other and embarked on their own journey.

Hubei tourists who choose to stay in Harbin are reading a book. Photo by Li Ren.

  "From today, Hubei tourists who choose to stay in Harbin are the same as Harbin citizens. They have to go out for two days, and they must wear masks." Li Ren, director of the marketing department of Harbin Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism, who was also "released from isolation" today, said. Fourteen days ago, he volunteered to take care of and accompany Hubei tourists, which is what Hubei children call "printing winter vacation homework ‘ Bad uncle ’ " . (Reporter Wang Lin)