Friends, relatives and neighbors helped others by sharing fever medication when needed, Li Hongyang reports.
In weeks, fever medicines have become scarce after the number of COVID-19 cases rose sharply across the country.
It’s that other people didn’t get the medicine faster they contracted the virus, so mutual help from neighbors, family and friends helped in many emergencies.
For example, Li Shaoqing, a 37-year-old insurance employee in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, recently helped a former classmate get expired medicines at night.
Around 10 p. m. on Dec. 18, classmate Xu Yan asked Li for medicine because her 10-year-old children had temperatures as high as 39 C.
However, Li didn’t have enough medicine, so he turned to Luo Minhua, a former high school classmate, for help. Luo sent the medicine through a delivery service, he had two children who were also in danger of contracting the disease. In fact, they were delivered in poor health two days later.
“Lately, it’s been difficult to get fever medication, especially for children. Waiting in line to receive medication at the hospital can take up to 8 hours,” Li said.
“Although my two old classmates don’t know each other, Luo insisted on donating the medicine, saying that young people needed it. I moved because of their generosity. “