大侠天下行:美国新冠肺炎抗疫日记
新冠肺炎疫情在休斯敦地区逐渐延烧,美南报业秉守第四权的天职,在这个关键时刻倾注心力為大眾传递疫情、政策动态。面对如今疫情发展局面,创办人李蔚华心繫休城,於3月25日作下此语:
中文版本:
今天穿过休城华埠,大道异常平静,往常车水马龙之拥挤已不再,心情顿时有几分凄凉。
市长特纳已宣布 —休斯敦从今天开始进入紧急状态,除了一些特定行业之外,希望居民留在家中不能外出。
川普总统偕同白宫防疫小组组长副总统彭斯,在记者会上重申美国政府将尽全力挽救国家重大危机,国会也通过两千亿美元之特别预算,来拯救国家经济以防可能之衰退。
这是我今天向全体工作伙伴发出之信函:
各位同仁伙伴大家早安,今早我们决定继续在新闻最前线坚守岗位,并且调整各位工作时间,以配合报纸出版,及电视网站之播出。市长已宣佈全体市民,除必要之购物之外必须留在家中,值此疫情加剧之时,我们绝不在此艰难时刻放弃新闻工作者之使命,无数读者观眾无时无刻不在企盼更多更新的讯息,我们更希望大家互相扶持和鼓励,犹如一家人,我们一定会度过难关,迎接明天的曙光。
再次向各位之牺牲和奉献表达由衷之感激。
英文版本:
The World Has Changed
Today, as I drove down the streets of Houston’s Chinatown and the International District area, there were very few cars out bustling around and I suddenly felt a kind of deep sadness.
Mayor Turner announced on Tuesday that all Houstonians need to stay home starting at midnight, unless necessary and essential trips to markets, doctors, etc.
Today, I sent out a letter to all my colleagues and told them how important it is in this critical time to stand in the front lines to report the news so the community can understand the facts in this rapidly changing situation.
Congress has now already passed a two trillion dollars emergency fund to help all the citizens and businesses. This is a great help for all the American people, but we need to get people well and back to work.
We are urging all the people to stand united in this fight against this deadly virus.
God bless America.