Australia and New Zealand Success Stories
Being in a foreign country without family members amid the threat from this century’s biggest pandemic they still feel protected.
Tables at an open restaurant are seen mostly deserted on a quiet morning at the waterfront of the Sydney Opera House, where scheduled public performances have been cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sydney, Australia, March 18, 2020.
Being in a foreign country without family members amid the threat from this century’s biggest pandemic they still feel protected. Instead, they are concerned about their relatives and colleagues in their hometown, which is now filled with uncertainty.
"We feel safe here. The children also go to school as usual. I am actually more worried about my family in Indonesia, especially my elderly mother," said Beben Benyamin, 43, an Indonesian biostatistics expert who lives and works in Australia. He attended school in Australia in 2001, then became a senior lecturer at the University of South Australia\'s School of Health Sciences.