Wuhan · 2020
Evacuation, quarantine and reunion
Esther spoke openly with reporters during and after the quarantine: about the anxious days in Wuhan, life on the base, the family’s reunion and the stigma that followed. The coverage is gathered here and linked to each source.
Featured in coverage by
- ABC7 News
- NBC Bay Area
- CBS News
- FOX News
- KTVU FOX 2
- KRON4
- Associated Press
- Voice of America
- ABC World News Tonight
- The Washington Post
- Reuters
- South China Morning Post
- Chabad.org
Television and video
- Woman tries to make best out of forced coronavirus quarantineCBS San Francisco (opens in a new tab)
- Palo Alto woman talks about life inside a coronavirus quarantineKPIX CBS News Bay Area / YouTube (opens in a new tab)
- Quarantined mother and daughter hope to return to Palo Alto homeNBC Bay Area (opens in a new tab)
- Mother and daughter speak out about life in quarantineFox News (opens in a new tab)
- Resident under quarantine shares supportABC7 San Francisco (opens in a new tab)
- Woman ready to return home after coronavirus quarantineCBS San Francisco (opens in a new tab)
- Palo Alto woman ready for release from coronavirus quarantineKPIX CBS News Bay Area / YouTube (opens in a new tab)
- Mom and daughter among evacuees cleared from quarantineABC7 San Francisco (opens in a new tab)
- Woman quarantined for coronavirus released after 14 daysKRON4 (opens in a new tab)
- Released from quarantine: “hopes people don’t receive us as the walking dead”CBS San Francisco (opens in a new tab)
- Mother and daughter headed back following coronavirus quarantineKTVU FOX 2 (opens in a new tab)
- Mother and daughter return home after airlift and quarantineCBS San Francisco (opens in a new tab)
- South Bay coronavirus evacuee returns home after two-week quarantineKPIX CBS News Bay Area / YouTube (opens in a new tab)
- Palo Alto woman, daughter reunite with family after coronavirus quarantineKPIX CBS News Bay Area / YouTube (opens in a new tab)
- Coronavirus evacuees return home after quarantineKRON4 (opens in a new tab)
- Family reunites after coronavirus quarantineNBC Bay Area (opens in a new tab)
- Palo Alto mother, daughter reunite with family after coronavirus quarantineNBC Bay Area (opens in a new tab)
- “Nothing is going to separate us again”: family reunitedABC7 San Francisco (opens in a new tab)
- Mom from virus quarantine reunited with childrenAssociated Press (opens in a new tab)
- Mom from virus quarantine reunited with childrenAP Archive / YouTube (opens in a new tab)
- Watch: mom from virus quarantine reunited with childrenThe Economic Times (opens in a new tab)
- Tearful family reunion for mother coming back from WuhanSouth China Morning Post (opens in a new tab)
- World News Tonight: Esther’s segmentABC News (opens in a new tab)
- “希望再也不分开” 南湾母女开心和家人团聚Voice of America (Chinese) / YouTube (opens in a new tab)
- Momen haru pertemuan ibu-anak usai terpisah karena koronaMedcom.id / YouTube (opens in a new tab)
- Woman quarantined for coronavirus says outbreak is impacting businessABC7 San Francisco (opens in a new tab)
- Woman back from quarantine says local businesses are taking a hitCBS San Francisco (opens in a new tab)
- Palo Alto woman back from coronavirus quarantine says business taking a hitKPIX CBS News Bay Area / YouTube (opens in a new tab)
- Family’s return from China didn’t end their COVID-19 nightmareCBS San Francisco (opens in a new tab)
Newspapers and wire reports
- In coronavirus quarantine, Jewish woman shares story of evacuation from WuhanJ. (opens in a new tab)
- As coronavirus epidemic spreads, local woman recounts desperation to get out of WuhanMountain View Voice (opens in a new tab)
- Quarantined on military bases, U.S. evacuees resort to Zumba, stairwell races, accounting classesThe Washington Post (opens in a new tab)
- It feels really, really free after 14 days in coronavirus quarantineMountain View Voice (opens in a new tab)
- Mom and daughter return home after coronavirus quarantineSFist (opens in a new tab)
- 首批從武漢撤離僑民結束隔離 硅谷母女開心回家The Epoch Times (opens in a new tab)
- Palo Alto Weekly, February 14, 2020 (print edition)Palo Alto Weekly (opens in a new tab)
- 母女撤侨返美 延长自我隔离让别人安心Oriental Daily News (Malaysia) (opens in a new tab)
- We’re not the walking dead: Americans face coronavirus quarantine stigmaReuters / Daily Times (opens in a new tab)
- We’re not the walking dead (print syndication)The Peninsula Qatar (opens in a new tab)
- The new normal: life during the coronavirus crisisMountain View Voice (opens in a new tab)
- Back from Wuhan, Palo Alto woman faces quarantine — againPalo Alto Online (opens in a new tab)
Jewish community coverage
- Jewish Communities in China Face Spread of Deadly VirusChabad.org (opens in a new tab)
- Shlichus behind a maskAnash.org (opens in a new tab)
- As Coronavirus Spreads, Shabbat Refuge Sought in Homes and in QuarantineChabad.org (opens in a new tab)
- Global Effort to Provide for Jews in Quarantine From Deadly VirusChabad.org (opens in a new tab)
- Bay Area Mother and Daughter Released From QuarantineLubavitch.com (opens in a new tab)
- Chabad & Wuhan QuarantineYouTube (opens in a new tab)
- Jewish community adapts to a virtual Passover SederABC7 San Francisco (opens in a new tab)
Out of respect for the family’s privacy, no photographs from this period are shown here; the reports are linked rather than reproduced.