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Xi'an, 19 Aug (Xinhua) -- On 16 August, just eight days after the tokyo Olympics ended, the National Games, known as China's "little Olympics," began a torch relay. The largest and highest-level comprehensive sports event held in China so far by the epidemic is about to kick off.
At present, many parts of the country are experiencing a wave of local epidemics. Although Xi'an City, the main venue city of the 14th National Games, has not found any local confirmed cases for the time being, it has tightened its epidemic prevention and control policies since August, activated the emergency mechanism in a timely manner, and escorted the 14th Games with precautionary prevention and control measures.
Multiple scenic spots press the "pause button" again
On August 5, Xi'an's popular punch card, Datang Sleepless City, announced that the lights would be turned off, and the hustle and bustle would come to an abrupt end on this 2.1-kilometer-long pedestrian street. The reporter saw in the empty neighborhood that the cleaners in protective clothing were killing, the once lively small stage had become a large platform for publicizing epidemic prevention knowledge, and each entrance of the block was equipped with a detection point for scanning codes and measuring temperature.
"Kill 6 times a day, and it's bigger at night. After the lights were turned off, the performances were cancelled, the associated merchants were closed, and the flow of people plummeted from 300,000 per day to more than 20,000, most of which were nearby residents and staff. Zhao Ruijun, director of the Safety Office of the Management Office of the Pedestrian Street of Datang Sleepless City, said.
This is the scene of the ignition ceremony of the Torch Relay of the Fourteenth Games and the Paralympic Games, filmed on August 16. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xiao
So far, Xi'an has temporarily closed more than 4,000 cultural and tourism venues, including 21 museums and 115 cinemas. The city's mahjong halls, baths, bars, tea shows, homestays and other places are temporarily closed, and popular attractions such as the Terracotta Warriors, Muslim Street, Yongxingfang, and Shaanxi History Museum have been "closed to guests".
Suspension does not mean "suspension". Suspension does not mean inaction. The reporter saw in many scenic spots that under the scorching sun, the staff was coloring and renovating the furnishings of the scenic spots. Some scenic spots have also opened "cloud" tour of beautiful scenery and "cloud" food tasting activities through Weibo, WeChat and e-commerce platforms to prepare for reunion with tourists again.
"Although there are no tourists, our work has not stopped, and this schedule just gives us the opportunity to practice internal skills." All of our staff are on the front line, the actors practice at home every day, and I believe that when it reopens in the near future, we will present the most beautiful gestures to the 14th Games and the eight visitors. Zhao Ruijun said.
Socialized epidemic prevention to build a "breakwater"
Since the current round of the epidemic, local cases reported in Dalian, Chongqing and Macao have been active in Xi'an. Among them, two confirmed cases in Chongqing visited a number of tourist attractions in Xi'an from July 21 to 24, and a confirmed case in Macao participated in research activities in Xi'an from July 19 to 24. To this end, Xi'an city has accumulated more than 11,000 close contacts, all of which are centralized and isolated, and the nucleic acid tests are negative; 1.6935 million general contacts are touched, and the nucleic acid tests are negative.
On the evening of August 9, at the nucleic acid test collection point of Waterfront Flower City in Chanba Ecological District of Xi'an City, the medical staff of Xi'an Traditional Chinese Medicine Encephalopathy Hospital collected nucleic acids for the public
Unlike other affected areas in China, Xi'an city has not found confirmed cases in the large-scale mapping. According to Chen Baozhong, director of the Xi'an Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, this has a lot to do with the continuous increase in vaccination efforts in Xi'an since the beginning of this year. As of 18:00 on August 18, the cumulative number of people over the age of 18 in Xi'an was 10.2814 million people who received the first dose of the new crown vaccine, and the second dose was 9.2529 million people, and the coverage rate of the target population of the first dose of vaccination reached 98.20%.
In order to effectively prevent the impact of the epidemic, Xi'an Has adopted the method of "walking on two legs" with vaccination and increasing nucleic acid testing. According to Yang Guoliang, deputy head of the information briefing team of the Xi'an Epidemic Prevention Headquarters and director of the office of the Xi'an Municipal Health Commission, Xi'an has increased the frequency of testing of personnel in 41 key industries and key areas such as medical care, express delivery, and taxis. Taking the Terracotta Warriors scenic spot as an example, as a popular tourist spot in Xi'an, Lintong District of Xi'an City has conducted four nucleic acid tests on about 30,000 people in the scenic spot and its surroundings.
Since the end of July, various districts and counties in Xi'an have successively launched large-scale nucleic acid testing for the population, and tens of thousands of medical staff have devoted themselves to the frontline to carry out work. As of 18:00 on August 16, the cumulative nucleic acid test was 12.8341 million times, and the results were all negative.
Games epidemic prevention to create a "safe island"
After more than 800 days of hard work, Xi'an Safety Transport Village was officially delivered at the end of March this year. Recently, the reporter saw in Quanyun Village, located near the Xi'an Olympic Sports Center, that the "entering the village" process is quite strict. In addition to scanning the code, measuring the temperature, and presenting the nucleic acid report, it is also necessary to go through the process of document verification and safety inspection.
Interior view of Xi'an Olympic Sports Center Stadium
"During the 14th Games, more than 13,000 athletes, coaches, referees and media journalists from all over the country are expected to stay here. In order to strictly prevent the epidemic, the whole village implements fully enclosed and full-chain management, and each village is equipped with battery cars to ensure the daily passage of personnel. Yang Fan, head of epidemic prevention and control at the Athletes' Village of Xi'an Safety Transport Village, said.
With the approaching of the 14th Games, Xi'an is gradually effectively linking socialized epidemic prevention with the epidemic prevention measures of the Games, aiming at the goal of "no epidemic" and carefully grasping the epidemic prevention and control guarantee of the 14th Games. Measures include supervising all race-related and activity-related personnel to complete the vaccination process, implementing health monitoring and carrying out nucleic acid testing 14 days before the arrival of all competition-related personnel. At the same time, in the airport, high-speed rail station and railway station to open up a "special channel for the whole transport", special car point-to-point transfer, the implementation of competition venues zoning classification control, according to different risk levels to divide the flow of personnel routes, avoid personnel crossing, etc., to ensure the safety of the 14th Games and the Paralympic Games.
On May 28, at the New Coronavirus Vaccination Site in Chanba Longhu, Xi'an Encephalopathy Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the public received the new crown vaccine in an orderly manner
In addition, Liu Tianqi, deputy director of the Medical and Health Department of the Organizing Committee of the Fourteenth Games, said in an interview a few days ago that the 14th Games allowed spectators to enter, and the audience needed to complete the full vaccination of the new crown vaccine 14 days before the game, and provide a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 72 hours before the game.
Editors: Liu Yang, Niu Mengtong, Xiao Shiyao