Yesterday afternoon, someone passing by Chinatown, Singapore noticed that there was a long queue in front of an international logistics company!
Source: Lianhe Zaobao
All the people in the queue have Asian faces.
According to insiders today, they are all Chinese working and living in Singapore.
Each person carries a white bag, which contains antipyretics/throat lozenges, etc. bought from a Singapore pharmacy to be sent back to China.
They bought medicines from Singapore and sent them back to China
Local netizens are hotly discussing!
I used to have a family member in China who was worried about what to do if the children of relatives, friends and relatives living in Singapore coexist with the virus.
Now the roles are reversed.
Unlike Singapore, which began to adapt to the new coronavirus in the second half of 2021, our Chinese friends are in the first stage of adaptation -
Confused, panicked, worried about themselves and their families, how to prepare for the new crown, how to deal with physical symptoms after infection, what medicine to take, how to take it, how much medicine to prepare, etc.
These question marks and emotions have not been resolved yet. Some people are adding fuel to the flames, and these situations have appeared in some places↓
Similar news appears frequently. Chinese people working or studying in Singapore see it and are anxious in their hearts.
is worried that there will be no medicine at home, and children want to do their part even if they are not around their loved ones.
So many people went to pharmacies to buy antipyretics. Especially those who have plans to return to China in the near future, or those who are transiting in Singapore and want to return home.
Various brands of cold medicines, among which Banadhoo is the most popular. ↓
In addition, people in Singapore who cannot return home in the short term are also supporting each other on major social media websites.
Remember now don’t send it if you don’t have a medical record. Drugs are controlled items and need to be certified and declared to the customs. If you have all these information, you can place an order in the SF Express applet, fill in the international shipping form, and then follow the instructions. The best recipient is the patient, so it is easier to pass the review. ✅ Remember to keep the receipt. The SF Express guy who collects the medicine at your door needs to prove that the medicine came from a formal purchase channel. Liquid and powdered medicines cannot be sent!
*The content of this article is shared from Xiaohongshu @奕飞Jasmine
Now in Singapore, SingPost can send antigen tester ART. Other logistics can only send medicines. The following are relevant notes: 1. Each parcel box can send up to 8 boxes of medicines. Tablets or liquid oral medicines can be sent, and can be mixed in one package. One individual package counts as one box. 2. Prescriptions prescribed by doctors in Singapore cannot be sent. 3. Children's ibuprofen antipyretics, even if purchased by Gurdians/wastons, cannot be sent if they are not prescribed by a doctor. 4. Other logistics are expected to arrive in 2 weeks. 5. Information required for mailing: Domestic recipient address, mobile phone, and photos of the front and back of the ID card
Singpost to send antigen: You can go to the Singpost official website and click Send/Receive to check the price. ART is an international Registered package. I heard that the medicine is no longer available in Punggol and Tampines, but I still bought it this morning. Some netizens also shared, "The children's ibuprofen liquid bought from Guardian is OK, and it was mailed to Clementi yesterday."
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The medicine was just sent back to Tianjin from the Singapore Post Office yesterday (15th). Two such small boxes cost a total of 42 Singapore dollars. Under normal circumstances, they can be delivered in about 10 yuan. However, due to the impact of the epidemic, the staff said that it would take a month to receive the goods.Moreover, you have to check the progress online frequently, and you have to collect taxes when passing customs. We don’t know exactly how to pay
or how much we need to pay. We can only wait for notification in two days. For your reference.
*The content of this article is shared from Xiaohongshu@蓝月
The situation of sending medicines from Singapore back to China has also attracted the attention of local netizens.
What is your reaction?
is a hot topic among netizens in Singapore! History repeats itself...
Many local netizens said they understand the issue of buying medicine and sending it home.
What the country is going through now is just a necessary step. There is nothing wrong with thinking about your family and buying medicines to support them, as long as Singapore has enough supplies.
And this is not the first time such a scene has happened. ↓
From the experience of past people (many people in Singapore have been infected), most netizens hold these two views:
) Don’t be nervous about buying. Medicines
) With China’s production capacity, there will be no shortage of medicines and supplies
During the epidemic, masks were first used, followed by antipyretics.
The waves also brought back the memories of the early Chinese who went to Southeast Asia and settled in Singapore decades ago.
Some netizens said that they saw people queuing in front of the bank near Chinatown . The implication is that people in New China may be busy sending money to their families. (Only speculation by netizens)
In summary, Singaporean netizens reacted quite calmly to the Chinese buying medicines and sending them back to their country.
However, I still hope that everyone will buy medicines rationally.
In fact, there has been a wave of drug buying similar to that in Singapore recently in many countries and regions.
Antipyretics are so popular in Hong Kong, Macau and Australia
Pharmacies have emergency purchase restrictions!
It can be said that wherever there are Chinese/Chinese people, there is more or less a rush to buy medicine.
In Hong Kong, China, local pharmacies are in short supply of cold medicines such as "Banadu" and "Happiness Cold Medicine". Many pharmacies had no choice but to issue purchase restriction orders↓
In Macau, China, at first, the antigen tester and Lianhua Qingwen were out of stock. Common cold and fever-reducing medicines are now out of stock.
The local Food and Drug Administration in Macau has instructed pharmacies to implement purchase restrictions.
Australia’s largest Chinese communityBox Hill, insiders revealed that several pharmacies have sold out of Banadoo. Some Chinese people who bought medicine posted photos.
On medicines that are all in English, the instructions for taking them are specifically written in Chinese. ↓
In addition, some friends are sending medicines back to China from the United States. ↓
I heard from family members in China that there are many people around. There are several elderly people at home, but they have not prepared any medicines, and the pharmacy is out of stock. I can't do anything in a foreign country. I'm in a hurry, so I can only send goose feathers thousands of miles away to express my feelings. Tylenol in the picture is for reducing fever and pain, and Mucinex is for cough and expectoration. These two drugs are very effective in combating COVID symptoms.
I use the local Chinese express. These medicines will take at least three weeks to arrive (if everything goes well). Otherwise, they will be confiscated by customs. Depends on luck. I don’t know whether the domestic supply will be restored faster, or the international express of and will be faster? I heard that the peak period of infection was during the first three weeks of reopening. I hope everyone is safe.
*The content of this article is shared from Xiaohongshu@海蓝宝
There are also medicines and throat lozenges sent from the UK, but the process has always been stuck. ↓
sent several boxes of cold medicine and throat lozenges to my family.What does warehouse scan mean? I also scanned again...I'm really going to get drunk, so hurry up and pay taxes! I’m really anxious because I can’t buy medicine at home.
*The content of this article is shared from Xiaohongshu @yan.
After seeing this, some friends may still feel that they do not understand.
When sending medicine back to China from overseas, the logistics will take two or three weeks. If there are any other circumstances, it may take a month to arrive.
Does it make sense to send medicine like this?
A month later, will Chinese families still be short of medicine?
can only say this possibility, everyone knows it.
Even though I am overseas, I always have something to worry about.
Schematic diagram
"My mother is in Shanghai. My mother is 70 years old, and I live with my father."
"After the opening, I was worried that there might be no medicine at home. My mother is not used to keeping medicine at home."
"My friends in China asked me to send some cold medicine and ART. They couldn't buy it there. I placed an order online, but nothing was delivered."
"Bannadu is not available in China. Even if it may take a month to be sent, it may be useful after the Chinese New Year."
"No one in my family or friends has been diagnosed yet, so I send the medicine home just for peace of mind."
"My parents and relatives are relatively old, so I am still worried. If other relatives and friends need medicine in the future, I will help as much as I can."
How does Singapore protect the elderly?
The fourth shot is now available in many places in China!
In the past few days, some domestic friends have been chatting with Coconut and said:
I don’t know whether I should go home to celebrate the New Year this year.
Young people have good physical fitness and immune systems are strong. When you open up, you are not most worried about yourself, but your parents and grandparents at home.
How should they survive this disaster?
Judging from Singapore’s approach, the most important thing is to get the vaccine . Every time a universal vaccine is administered, the first batch must include the elderly. ↓
As of now, 82% of Singapore’s population has received the most basic vaccine protection, and 64% has completed vaccination according to the latest recommendations.
The most basic vaccine protection here refers to the 3-shot mRNA vaccine such as Pfizer, or the 4-shot Sinovac.
But when Singapore’s epidemic prevention turned in the second half of 2021, many people had only completed the second shot.
It will not be until January 2023 that most people will have completed the third dose of vaccination.
Source: The Straits Times
And now, China’s second booster dose is about to begin!
According to the "Implementation Plan for the Second Dose Booster Immunization of the New Coronavirus Vaccine" announced by domestic officials on December 14, the second dose booster vaccination will be carried out for people at high risk of infection, people over 60 years old, people with serious underlying diseases and people with low immunity.
On December 15, Dongcheng District of Beijing has officially launched the second booster shot of new crown vaccine .
Those who need to be vaccinated are: People at high risk of infection who have been more than six months since the last injection, people aged 60 and above, people with serious underlying diseases and people with low immunity.
and people who are willing to be vaccinated and meet the conditions for the second dose of booster shot.
All districts, counties (cities) in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province community health service centers and coronavirus vaccination sites have begun to provide the second booster shot.
In addition to vaccination, local governments have also begun popularizing science among the people. Today some friends in Guangzhou started to receive this text message.↓
So just like Singaporeans believe that the shortage of medicines will be improved soon.
believes that once the vaccine is launched, it will reduce a lot of the anxiety and worry that arises when adapting to the new coronavirus.
After all, Singapore has also come out step by step.
Source: Singapore Ministry of Health
