Veronica Burgstaller

أخبار كورونا من مدينة سيؤول

يرتدي الأشخاص في جنوب كوريا أقنعة الوجه بسبب مستويات التلوث المرتفعة، أو عندما يصابون بالزكام، أو لسببٍ بسيط كالرغبة في تخبئة وجوههم المتورمة بعد الجراحات التجميلية، لكن في يوم من الأيام وصل خبر انتشار فيروس جديد في مدينة ووهان في الصين، الجدية غير المتوقعة لهذا الفيروس صدمتني عندما بحثت عن قناع للوجه ولم أجد أي.
South Korea, Eastern Asia

Story by Veronica Burgstaller. Translated by Anoud Abu Hassan
Published on November 4, 2022.

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أقنعة الوجه كانت متاحة وجاهزة بشكل دائم في جنوب كوريا في أي من المتاجر المتواجدة كل مائة متر، الأشخاص في جنوب كوريا يرتدون أقنعة الوجه بسبب مستويات التلوث المرتفعة، أو عندما يصابون بالزكام، أو لسببٍ بسيط كالرغبة في تخبئة وجوههم المتورمة بعد الجراحات التجميلية.

في يوم من الأيام وصل خبر انتشار فيروس جديد في مدينة ووهان في الصين، الجدية غير المتوقعة لهذا الفيروس صدمتني عندما بحثت عن قناع للوجه ولم أجد أي، مع ذلك كان لا يزال هنالك بعض أقنعة وجه من القطن معلقة على الرفوف، ولسذاجتي فكرت بأن اشتريهم في اليوم التالي، لكن حتى هذه الأقنعة القطنية اختفت دون أي أثر.

كان هذا في منتصف شهر شباط، تواجه الآن الدول في جميع أنحاء العالم أزمة متعلقة بتوافر الأقنعة. في كوريا الجنوبية، سيطرت الحكومة على حركات تزويد وتوريد الأقنعة، حيث نستلم واحدة من رسائل الطوارئ عبر هواتفنا المحمولة والتي نعرف من خلالها الصيدليات التي توفر الأقنعة في المنطقة المحيطة بنا، وبالتالي، وخلال وقت الغداء، ترى الناس يصطفون طابورًا أمام الصيدلية ليأخذوا الحزمة المكونة من عشرة أقنعة المخصصة لهم وذلك يتم عن طريق إبراز بطاقة المواطن الخاصة بهم، ولا يمكن لأي أحد أن يحصل على حُصة أخرى غير حصته، حيث يتم تسجيل كل شيء في النظام، كما أن هذا من سوء حظ السياح بدون تأشيرة أو المهاجرين غير القانونيين.

بالتأكيد، جميعنا نتمنى أن يتوفر المطعوم قريبًا وأن تعود الحياة لحالتها الطبيعية، لكنني أظن أيضًا أن هذه الأزمة من الممكن أنها قدمت لنا بعض الفوائد غير المتوقعة، أولاً، بعد أن عشت في مدينة سيؤول لما يقارب الثلاث سنوات، رأيتُ أن الكوريين بدلاً من أن يسعلوا في أيديهم أو أكمامهم، إنهم يسعلون أمامهم وبالتالي سيصلك البلغم والمادة المخاطية بمجرد أن تغادر قطارات الأنفاق المزدحمة، هذا يعني أنه ما أن يصاب أحدهم بنزلة برد، يمكنك أن تتوقع بعد أيامٍ أن يصاب نصف سكان مدينة سيؤول بنزلة برد، وليس كأن قاعدة السلوك هذه عن كيفية السعال لم تُعلم للأطفال، لكنها فقط لم تكن مصدر ازعاج، أما الآن، الجميع يعطس بأدب في أكمامهم ويبتعد تاركًا مسافة بينه وبين الآخر حينما يسعل، لنأمل أن يستمر هذا السلوك فيما يلي أوقات كوفيد-١٩.

والأكثر أهمية، التغير الهائل في جودة الهواء، عادًة ما يكون الهواء أكثر تلوثًا في فصل الربيع في مدينة سيؤول، لكن توقف العديد من المصانع عن العمل وتقليص عدد الأشخاص الذي يقودون مركباتهم، جعلنا نرى أثرًا ملموسًا على جودة الهواء، صحيح أنني لا أستطيع الذهاب إلى دروس التايكوندو اليومية المسائية بسبب منع جميع أنواع الأنشطة الجماعية، لكنني أستطيع الجري على طول القناة المائية وأنا لا أشعر بالقلق حيال هذا الأمر الذي كان سيؤدي إلى الضرر بي أكثر من الاستفادة.

في الأسابيع القليلة القادمة ستكون مدينة سيؤول هادئة لكننا سنعبر خلال هذه الأيام، وكما يقول الكوريون لتشجيع شخصًا ما: "Fighting!".


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Veronica Burgstaller

Veronica Burgstaller

As the child of a Balinese mother and an Austrian father, Veronica has since childhood lived in many different countries in Asia and Europe. Inbetween her Bachelors and Masters, Veronica also lived in South Korea, a country and culture she fell in love with. She is multilingual in German, English, French, Korean and even knows a bit of Chinese and Indonesian. Now she works as a communication manager in Belgium. Passionate about facilitating understanding between people, Veronica does not believe that culture, nation and language should be a barrier. Besides her passion for travel, she loves food, cinema or you can find her in a dojang practicing Taekwondo.

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