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12/15/2021

7979爱走动 7979爱隔离 7979 Love. Quarantine

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7979 Love. Quarantine

7979 Let’s Move · Written by Pr. Cheng Pysong

As the third wave of COVID-19 swept through, Malaysia again imposed a nationwide lockdown in May this year. Between July and August, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases jumped from 1,000 to 10,000, kept setting new records. The death toll has skyrocketed, and almost everyone knows someone who has been diagnosed.

In early July, I attended an informal meeting convened by Dr. Lin Qing Xiang of the Hospital Ministry Resources to share the situation of our response to the pandemic. At that time, Dr Lin proposed a scheme to break the chain of infection by setting up community safe houses. Soon after this meeting, we were no longer hearing confirmed cases of someone friends, but directly from our friends and family.

Not long after that, I received news of outbreaks of infection in drug rehabilitation centres, nursing homes and seminaries. As the quarantine centres were full, fellow workers were also asked by friends whether there was a safe place to quarantine.

Seeing the severeness of pandemic and in order to prevent and fight the pandemic, 7979 co-workers promoted a disaster plan: “7979 Love. Quarantine” after much inquiries and preparations. The church will use vacant church’s building or members' properties to set up community safe quarantine houses to host close contacts whose home environment do not allow safe quarantine, so as to break the chain of infection in families and communities and reduce the burden on the medical system. The service includes providing three meals, counselling, soul care and other services.

This is a relatively high-risk program because close contacts that hosted may have been infected. However, it is better to test positive in a safe quarantine house than to confirm the diagnosis at home. Especially for the B40 group of low-income households, the home space is often insufficient; or there are high-risk groups in the home, which may lead to the simultaneous infection of many people in the home because of the inability to take preventive measures. Quarantine will cause a loss of income, which will greatly affect people's lives. In addition, the cost of testing and other expenses will only increase people's mental stress.

Safety first, full SOP

The church converted Sunday School classrooms into safe quarantine rooms

After the sharing of many plans, we are grateful to Malaysian Family Keepers for providing soul supporting and caring services, as well as various churches for setting up community safe quarantine houses. As of October, a total of 18 churches have set up 21 community safe quarantine houses, with 43 rooms in service, serving more than 58 people, in Alor Setar, Bukit Mertajam, Seberang Perai, Ipoh, Klang Valley, Malacca, Yong Peng, Kuantan, Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan. This figure may not be worth mentioning, but what can’t be seen is it is connected to the precious life of each family, which is priceless.

What is more valuable is the willingness of the church and volunteers in giving. In their respective communities, they were willing to host people in need, in addition to arranging the living environment, providing daily meals and daily necessities, making regular phone calls to give soul care, etc… they also have to clean and disinfect the entire facility when they checked out. We are especially grateful to those who offer their vacant property for churches to use as quarantine houses immediately after they heard about our project. At the same time, doctors, individuals who are in disinfection business, counsellors, volunteers from charity organizations, etc., stood out to offered their services. A warm-hearted brother donated 43 unit of oxygen concentrators of 5L and accessories, 600 unit of pulse oximeter, 10,000 pieces of masks and 1,000 pieces of PPE, most of which were sent to Sabah, where the medical system was relatively poor, in order to support the local church. At present, oxygen concentrators had distributed to Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Sandakan, Seremban, Kuantan, Bukit Mertajam, Kedah and Kuala Lumpur.

“We love because God first loved us.”
Neither trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, danger nor sword, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

第三波疫情来势汹汹，大马今年5月再度落实全国封锁。在7月至8月期间，新冠肺炎确诊人数从千起跳，再跃升至万，屡创新高。死亡人数也直线上升，可以说几乎每个人都有认识的人确诊。

今年7月初，我出席由医院事工资讯平台的林庆祥医生召集的非正式会议，分享彼此应对疫情的情况。当时，林医生提出一个方案，透过设立社区安全屋，以阻断感染链。此会议后不久，我们听到的确诊者不再是谁的谁，而是身边认识的朋友和家人了。

再过不久，我收到戒毒中心、老人院和神学院爆发感染群的消息。由于隔离中心爆满，同工也接到友人询问有否安全隔离之处。

眼见疫情严峻，为了防疫和抗疫，7979同工在多方打听和筹备后，推动了一项应灾方案：7979爱-隔离。教会将动用空置的教堂或会友的产业，来设立社区安全隔离屋，接待居家环境不允许安全隔离的密切接触者，以阻断家庭及社区的感染链，减轻医疗体系的负荷。服务内容涵盖提供三餐、辅导协谈、心灵关怀及其他服务。

这是一项相对高风险的方案，因为所接待的密切接触者，可能已经受感染。不过，在安全隔离屋检测转阳，总好过在家里证实确诊。尤其是对于低收入户B40群体，家居空间往往不足；或是家中有高风险群体，可能因无法做好防疫措施，而导致家中多人同时感染。隔离将造成收入减少，令生活大受影响，再加上检测费等开销，让人徒增精神压力。

安全第一，照足SOP

教会把主日学课室转换成安全隔离房间

经过多场方案分享，感恩有大马真爱家庭协会支援心灵关顾的服务，以及多地教会一起配搭筹设社区安全隔离屋。截至10月，在亚罗士打、大山脚、北赖、怡保、巴生谷、马六甲、永平、关丹、亚庇和山打根，共有18间教会设立了21间社区安全隔离屋，43间房间投入服务，接待超过58人。这数目或许不值一提，但背后牵连的是每个家人的宝贵生命，无从议价。

更难得可贵的是，教会和志工们的愿意付出。他们在各自的社区，甘心接待有需要的人，除了布置入住环境、打点日常三餐和生活用品、定时致电关心等，事后还打扫和消毒。也要特别感恩，许多人得知这方案计划后，愿意腾出空置产业供教会用作隔离屋。同時，医生、从事消毒业务者、辅导员、慈善事工组织志工等人士，自愿挺身而出提供服务。有一热心弟兄捐赠共43台5L制氧机及配件、600个测氧仪器、10,000个口罩及1,000件PPE，大部份运往医疗体系相对贫弱的沙巴，支援当地教会。目前，制氧机已分配至沙巴亚庇、山打根、芙蓉、关丹、大山脚、吉打及吉隆坡。