Social networks have recently been filled with many racist complaints against Chinese citizens, as the Corona virus that has already killed 361 people and infected 17,205 others, which has spread rapidly around the world, has emerged.
Meanwhile, Chinese citizens on social networks denounced their discrimination and racism due to the Corona virus, and raised the slogan “I am not a virus,” and some Chinese said they were discriminated against because of the virus, according to the Spanish newspaper “Booth Poble”.
At the Fashion Week show in Madrid, the Chinese artist Potocinaricon wrote “I am not a virus” on his body.
Many social network users, especially Instagram, called the coronavirus, and that was because of the cases of racial discrimination suffered by many Chinese because of the spread of this virus.
A Chinese girl in Spain holds a sign that I do not carry the Coronavirus–
The newspaper pointed out that there are many children who were harassed in schools, and that citizens were discriminated against in public transportation, and there are many restaurants and bars that refused entry to the Chinese for fear of the spread of the deadly virus.
There are many social network users who think that all people of Asian origin are carrying this new virus, so racist outbreaks have spread everywhere.
On the other hand, the Minister of Health Salvador Ella said, that the health system designed for the arrival of the returnees is ready, and it will be examined by the external health, and they will be responsible for their evaluation, whether at the airport or inside the plane that they reach, once the assessment, if no symptoms appear , She will be transferred to Gomez Hospital first.
In the event that symptoms appear, they will be considered “investigative” cases, and those suspected of being infected with the Coronavirus will be referred directly to the high-level isolation unit of the Carlos III Institute in La Paz, according to the protocol of work sent by the General Directorate of Health to the centers in Madrid.
A Chinese man in Spain carries a hashtag. I am not a virus–
Ella demanded, from the Spanish, calm and peace of mind, about the spread of Coruna virus, and said that “Spain is ready to face the disease”, and we take preventive measures to protect against the spread of the virus in the country.
The Spanish newspaper “Diario de la Mallorca” indicated that the Ministry of Health had revealed a suspected case of coronavirus, a woman who had traveled to Wuhan, China, in the Basque Country.
“Corona” is a family of viruses, but only 6 of them infect humans, and the new virus is the seventh member of this killer family. Symptoms of infection with the virus include respiratory infections, fever, cough, and difficulty breathing. In more severe cases, it can The infection causes pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death, according to the World Health Organization.
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