Several cities in the mainland had earlier protested against the tight measures to prevent the spread of the new crown epidemic. Later, it was rumored that President Xi Jinping mentioned to the visiting European Council President Michel last week that the current epidemic of the new crown virus in China is less toxic. At the same time as the news came out, the prevention and control measures in many major cities in the mainland began to “relax”, which made the outside world look forward to China’s relaxation of strict epidemic prevention measures, and even regarded it as a signal that a switch is in sight. The investment market has already stepped up, and it is expected that the Hong Kong stock market will reach a high of 10,000 points today.
There were 31,601 new local cases of the new crown in the mainland the day before yesterday, and two more people died of illness, but it has dropped by 21% from the peak of 40,052 on the 27th of last month. As for the infection situation in various places, Guangdong still recorded 6,653 cases, Chongqing had 5,372 cases, Shanxi and Beijing had 2,777 and 2,486 cases respectively.
No nucleic acid certificate required for subway rides in Beijing and Shanghai
Entering December, major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Chongqing, and Chengdu have announced the optimization of epidemic prevention policies. Beijing has stated that the elderly who have been at home for a long time, work at home or take online classes, infants and young children, etc., do not need to go out for nucleic acid screening if they do not need to go out; no longer block the buildings or communities where infected people live; Buses and other public transportation vehicles do not need to hold a 48-hour nucleic acid negative certificate.
People in Shanghai will no longer need to check for negative nucleic acid certificates when taking subways and other rail transportation, buses, ferries and other public transportation, and going to outdoor public places such as parks or scenic spots. Not only did Tianjin abolish the 72-hour nucleic acid certificate to be allowed to take the subway, supermarkets, shopping malls, vegetable markets, restaurants and other public places in some areas of the city have also reopened, while hotels, hotels, and scenic spots maintain nucleic acid negative certificates within 72 hours. As for Guangzhou, Guangdong, the authorities have stated earlier that there will be no large-scale nucleic acid testing, all temporary control areas will be lifted, and production and living order will be restored in an orderly manner. Public transportation only needs to scan the QR code, and dine-in restaurants will also resume. You only need to scan the QR code to see a doctor in the clinic. People in Shenzhen do not need to check the nucleic acid certificate when taking public transportation or going to outdoor places such as parks.
You don’t need to register your identity to buy antipyretics
Even in Chongqing, which has the highest number of infections, people only need to scan the health code to take public transportation, but they must be negative for nucleic acid for 48 hours when they leave the central urban area; they must be negative for nucleic acid for 72 hours to enter public places. In Chengdu, Sichuan, which is adjacent to Chongqing, people only need to scan the QR code whether they are taking public transport in the city such as the subway, public places, or entering and leaving residential areas.
Registration and purchase of medicines for reducing fever, cough, anti-infection, and sore throat are no longer restricted in various places. In addition, citizens in Zhuhai, Guangdong, are now required to do nucleic acid testing at their own expense, at least RMB 2.5 (mixed management), and it is recommended that people who do not have symptoms of the new crown, work without risk of infection, non-key personnel, and those who do not need testing do not need to undergo nucleic acid testing.
Guangzhou experts: Omicron has low toxicity and most of them are asymptomatic
Mainland experts judge that the virus is not as severe as expected, which may be the source of the relaxation of epidemic prevention policies. Tang Xiaoping, Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangzhou Medical University, said that although the Omicron mutant virus strain is highly contagious, its toxicity is very low. He pointed out that the optimization and improvement of epidemic prevention and control measures in Guangzhou does not mean lying flat, and the sealing and control management can be precise to the building, so it is generally not carried out for all employees.
In Taiwan, 12,981 new local cases were added the day before yesterday, with New Taipei City having the most cases at 2,110. Another 29 people died.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/China/Multiple major cities looser and stricter epidemic prevention measures – Customs clearance in the Mainland or see dawn/351124?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral