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

Newspapers and wire reports

Jewish community coverage

Out of respect for the family’s privacy, no photographs from this period are shown here; the reports are linked rather than reproduced.