With the rapid development of the latest coronavirus wave, we’re introducing a new programme to bring you the latest news on the global pandemic, and the local situation.
Every weekday morning after the 8.30am news we re talking guests including health experts, and inviting listeners to send in questions and comments.
Covid Update replaces the first part of Backchat, for the time being, but retains all the elements of the programme, while consolidating our coverage of the current outbreak. Backchat resumes after the nine o’clock news.
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When the coronavirus lockdown first began last January in Wuhan, Jimmy Xiao was one of the Chinese city’s many residents who tried to escape.
“I thought you could just get in a car and head to another city in Hubei province and then buy a train ticket to Guangzhou, but it turned out that the whole province had been locked down, so I couldn’t do anything,” he told SBS News.
Mr Xiao originally comes from Guangzhou in southern China, but lived in Perth for 14 years and became an Australian citizen.
He moved to Wuhan two years ago with his wife, who is a native of the sprawling central Chinese city, and he works there as an investment consultant.