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The work of 10-year-old Chung Anh shows how
events unfolded globally, depicting the devastation with
drawings of the coronavirus attacking landmarks like the Eiffel
Tower, the Statue of Liberty, Big Ben and the Leaning Tower of
Pisa as it spread through Europe, the United States and beyond.
Her pictures also aim to highlight Vietnam's success in
containing the virus after a wave of imported infections, one
with a virus-hit passenger plane in the arms of two soldiers and
another showing the same flight intercepted by medical workers
who spray disinfectant from fighter jets.
They refer to the fated flight VN54 which brought in a fresh
batch of infected people after Vietnam had declared itself
virus-free for three weeks. The country has reported 332 cases
and no deaths.
Chung Anh drew herself in one picture about her safety to show
appreciation for frontliners, who appear in most of her 11
drawings fighting the virus with shields or blasting it with
disinfectant.
"I drew this with hope that they can keep their spirits high to
prevent an outbreak," she said. "This girl is me, here I am
drawing and these things are my imagination."
Several pictures feature the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship
aboard which hundreds of passengers were infected, and Li
Wenliang, the late Chinese doctor and one of the most visible
figures of the pandemic, who was reprimanded when he issued
early warning about the virus.
Chung Anh's mother, Doi Xuan Hieu, chose that as her favorite.
"I was touched seeing that she can sympathize and acknowledge
the sacrifice of the doctors who risked and lost their lives,"
she said.
(Reporting by Thinh Nguyen and Minh Nguyen; Writing by Martin
Petty; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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