A journey back to Dubai with many twists and turns

? My wife and children arrived in Dubai on January 22, 2020 (before the Lunar New Year), just as Wuhan in China announced the lockdown. Celebrated Chinese New Year in Dubai.

We stayed at Madinat Jumeirah Hotel during the New Year. The children were very excited. They ate sand, played in water, and walked around excitedly. During this time, we went to Miracle Garden, Global Village, Jumeirah Beach, and Dubai Mall. moe, etc., after eating delicacies from all over the world, I still think Chinese food is delicious. Unfortunately, I was worried about the epidemic and did not go to the Abu Dhabi Palace and Mosque, two places that my wife longs for. The children were very awesome. During the two months in Dubai, they had no cold or fever, ate well, slept well, had lots of energy, and had a lot of fun. In addition to knocking my head on the corner of the table, I went to Rashid Hospital at 11 o'clock in the evening. Children's medical treatment is completely free, and they are also given a physical examination. However, the round-trip taxi fare is a bit expensive, more than 200 di.

Due to the epidemic, the airline ticket originally scheduled for Dubai-Shenzhen-Nanjing on February 15 was canceled, leaving only one route from Dubai to Beijing. The domestic epidemic situation is serious, so we decided to stay in Dubai for a while. On March 2, the Dubai Immigration Bureau submitted a 20-day extension application and booked flights for my wife and children from Dubai to Beijing to Nanjing on March 21.

Starting from March 13, domestic public opinion began to turn to the imported epidemic situation from overseas, demanding strict control of imported cases. At this time, the number of infections on airplanes gradually increased. I was debating whether to stay in Dubai or return to China. Two days later, I decided to buy a temporary ticket to send my wife and children back to China. (Of course, in the past two days, my wife has also applied to the company whether she can continue to take leave and stay in Dubai. The boss of the company is quite confused)

On March 15, I purchased a Dubai-Beijing-Nanjing ticket on Ctrip. It's hard to get a ticket. A normal ticket from Dubai to Beijing costs 5,000 yuan, which was more than 8,400 per ticket at that time. After I bought it, there were only a few tickets left, and the price was already more than 12,000. After buying the ticket, we reported it to the Nanjing community. The next day, the community police station called us to learn about the situation, and then told us that we need to be quarantined at home after returning to China. I don’t know if the policy will be adjusted. Yes, the current policy may change every day.

On the afternoon of March 17, I received a text message from Ctrip that the flight from Dubai to Beijing was cancelled. We checked the tickets immediately and found that there were almost no air tickets from Dubai to Beijing. We went back and forth to the Emirates Airlines official website, booking, Ctrip, and Qunar.com to check and purchase tickets. Then we were confused again about whether to stay in Dubai because the road was too dangerous. Two hours later, Ctrip called and the flight was resumed. The reason is that I saw the changes on the official website of Emirates Airlines, and Ctrip immediately initiated flight cancellation measures. It’s also true that flights change every day.

In the early morning of March 18, a colleague took the same flight EK306 back to China~ He was armed all the way, and one case was confirmed on the plane. We urgently bought goggles, protective clothing, gloves, etc. We couldn't buy protective clothing for our two-year-old son, so my wife spent a day changing the adult's protective clothing into smaller sizes.

? On March 19, the flight from Beijing to Nanjing was cancelled. This means that we have to add another day to our schedule. There are only three flights from Beijing to Nanjing that day. We need to report to the New China International Exhibition and then return to Nanjing the next day.

At 11:30 pm on March 20, we set off for Dubai Airport. After successfully passing the security check and receiving the tax refund, we were all armed, but the flight was delayed by an hour and a half. There are a lot of transfer people, and most of them are international students returning from Europe.

? During the more than seven hours of EK306 flight in the air, we did not eat or drink ~ the children basically slept the whole time. The moment the plane landed in Beijing, the child was crying and asking for milk powder. We prepared a large disposable bathtub bag in advance, put the child in it, and drank a meal of milk powder. The child was really hungry. 300ml The milk was finished in a moment. It is 3:40 pm Beijing time.

At 4:15, the CDC and customs officers got on the plane and checked three passengers. They should be Italians or high-risk groups who have reported in advance

? 4:30, people who have had fever, cough, etc. within 15 days will be given priority to get off the plane. It is said that the two groups of people were taken directly to Xiaotangshan Hospital for nucleic acid and other comprehensive examinations.

4:43, passengers in rows 41-43 get off the plane first.

At 5:00, it was our turn to get off the plane. Row 52. It turned out that our seats were in row 63. Because we had children, when we got on the plane, the stewardess helped us adjust our seats to row 52, ??which was close to the emergency exit and there was no one in front of us. It’s also a little lucky to have your temperature taken when you get off the plane, infrared detection, forehead thermometer and so on.

5:30 Exit customs: Waiting for luggage priority for transfer passengers to pick up luggage and transfer to leave. We waited in the lobby for more than an hour. The children cried hungry. The children ate the rice and eggs prepared before departure from Dubai. One o'clock

At 6:55, I got my luggage and queued up to get on the New China International Exhibition Bus.

Arrived at the New National Exhibition Center at 7:25, queued up, found the Jiangsu reception point, filled out the form, and waited for the bus to the hotel.

(The slogan of the new National Exhibition Center warms people's hearts, isolation does not separate love)

9:05 Transfer to Jiuhua Villa and line up to check in. It was already 10 o'clock when we entered the hotel. The first day of the trip is over. Temperatures will be taken at each transfer point. Colleagues said that our speed was considered fast. Those on the 18th only stayed on the plane for 3 hours. It was already early in the morning when they entered Jiuhua Villa.

We got up at 8:00 in the morning on the 22nd. We gathered downstairs and the bus was arranged to go to Beijing South Railway Station. We didn’t buy another ticket after the flight was cancelled. We were worried about the flight being cancelled. The high-speed rail back to Nanjing took 3 and a half hours, which was acceptable. We bought high-speed rail tickets and arrived at Beijing South Railway Station at 11 o’clock. After a series of disinfection, body temperature measurement, infrared body temperature measurement, etc. , we got on the high-speed rail.

Arriving at Nanjing South Railway Station at 3:30 in the afternoon, we were picked up by people from the Nanjing Prevention and Control Center. Their body temperature was taken by mercury, and then we got on the bus and followed the bus to Qixia, Gulou, Xuanwu and other isolation hotels. , and finally arrived at Yuhua isolation point. After getting off the bus, my colleague who was quarantined in Yuhua said that we could quarantine at home. Then we arranged a car to take us home and arrived home at 7:07 pm.

On the second day after returning home, my friend in row 63 on the same flight received a call saying that there was a confirmed case nearby and she needed to be isolated separately. The 120 car took her away. We were lucky enough to change seats. On the third day, Nanjing Community Hospital came to my home to do a nucleic acid test. There is currently no news and it should be negative.

At this point, you can live in isolation at home with peace of mind. A running account, hope everything goes well. The epidemic is ruthless and has spread all over the world. I hope the world will have more understanding and care and it will be over soon.

(When I left Dubai, there were 98 confirmed cases in the United Arab Emirates, and now there are 333. Recently, the Dubai government has done a very good job, and the operator showed stay home. The police shouted like a village chief in Henan, and the whole city has been disinfected recently. Reflecting the style of a great country)