Nearly 10,000 tourists stranded, Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region: Ensure an orderly and safe return as planned

The Paper's reporter Jiang Ziwen

There are still many provinces in the current round of covid-19 that continue to report new cases. According to the National Health Commission, at 0-24:00 on October 27, 23 new locally confirmed cases and 11 local asymptomatic infected people were reported nationwide, and the epidemic involved Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Beijing, Ningxia, Heilongjiang, Shandong, Sichuan and other provinces, autonomous regions and cities.

Among them, the epidemic situation in Inner Mongolia is relatively serious. As of 7 o'clock on October 27, there were 110 locally confirmed cases in Inner Mongolia (2 cases in Tuzuo Banner in Hohhot City, 1 case in Xincheng District, 16 cases in Erlianhot City of Xilingol League, 1 case in Yijin Holo Banner in Ordos City, 89 cases in Ejina Banner of Alxa League, 1 case in Alxa Left Banner), and 1 suspected case (in Saihan District, Hohhot City).

Ejin Banner, which has 89 confirmed cases so far, is located in the westernmost part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, bordering Mongolia to the north and 507 kilometers long. With a total area of 114,600 square kilometers, accounting for 42% of the total area of the League, and a permanent population of 32,000, it is the largest and least populous banner in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Tourism is an important industry of the flag and is currently in the peak tourist season.

After the outbreak of the epidemic, the tourism industry in Ejin Banner was forced to press the pause button.

According to CCTV, at a press conference held in EjinaQi on October 25, it was introduced that as of 15:00 on October 25, 9412 tourists were stranded in Ejinaqi. The main source of tourists is Sichuan Province, Anhui Province, Jiangsu Province, Shanghai Municipality, Gansu Province, Guangdong Province and other places, and the main modes of travel are tourist trains, chartered tours and self-driving tours.

There are 6024 group tourists, including 2893 tourists on tourist trains and 3131 tourist buses, 3388 individual passengers, including 179 by plane, 2129 by train, 68 by bus, and 1012 by car. From the perspective of the age structure of tourists, there are 4476 tourists over the age of 60, of which 63 are over the age of 80.

Nearly 10,000 tourists are stranded in Ejina Banner, and the arrangement of resettlement and return is particularly critical.

According to the official website of the National Health and Health Commission, on the morning of October 26, Ma Xiaowei, secretary of the party group and director of the National Health Commission entrusted by Vice Premier Sun Chunlan to inner Mongolia to investigate and guide the handling of the epidemic, conducted a field investigation of the resettlement site for stranded tourists in Ejina Banner, learned more about the living security, medical security and nucleic acid testing of stranded tourists, and required that the basic living conditions such as living meals and warmth of stranded tourists be effectively guaranteed, meet the needs of normal medical medication, strengthen psychological counseling, and carefully plan the return arrangements for tourists. Organize eligible people to return to their destination provinces as soon as possible to ensure peace of mind for tourists and their families.

On the afternoon of the 26th, Ma Xiaowei held a meeting of the working group of the comprehensive group of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council in Inner Mongolia to listen to the progress of epidemic disposal, analyze and judge the epidemic situation, and study and promote the solution of nucleic acid testing, circulation adjustment, isolation, community control and other links. Focus on the study of the return plan for stranded tourists in Inner Mongolia, requiring the steady arrangement of various prevention and control measures and life and medical protection for tourists before, during and after the return journey, to ensure that they leave after meeting the conditions for return, and that there is no infection on the way back, no accidents on the way back, and no mass incidents.

According to the Inner Mongolia Daily, on October 27, Wang Lixia, deputy secretary of the party committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and chairman of the inner mongolia autonomous region, presided over a dispatch meeting for the return of stranded tourists in Ejin Naqi, listened to the report on the preparation of the return arrangements of stranded tourists, and studied the practical work plan for return transfer. She stressed that it is necessary to reverse the time, pay close attention to details, and strictly enforce responsibilities to ensure that stranded tourists return safely and in an orderly manner as planned.

At the meeting, Wang Lixia carefully inquired about the specific conditions of the return time arrangement, nucleic acid testing, train killing, transit transportation, boarding time, material support, etc., and targeted and put forward requirements on the implementation of various link measures and responsibilities in all aspects, stressing that it is necessary to grasp all aspects of the return of tourists with an extremely responsible, extremely serious, and extremely meticulous attitude and action, and do a good job in all aspects of the work of the accompanying personnel on the return journey, so as to be safe, reliable, and foolproof. It is necessary to implement it carefully and meticulously, refine the work process according to the work plan for tourists returning to the city and the guidelines for epidemic prevention and control, clarify the specific division of labor, and grasp the implementation with a meticulous heart and water, and there must be no work gaps, idling responsibilities, and guarantee gaps. It is necessary to adhere to the people-oriented, adhere to the safety first, for the elderly tourists, sick tourists and other key groups, do a good job of health risk assessment in advance, and do a good job of accompanying medical services throughout the process. For tourists who need to take bus transit, it is necessary to find out the bottom number one-on-one, further refine the plan, make all-round preparations in strict accordance with the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, and grasp the implementation point-to-point to ensure that there is no spillover of the epidemic. It is necessary to pay close attention to the psychological and emotional changes of all tourists, patiently do a good job in publicity and explanation, and take the initiative to strengthen communication and contact with tourists' units and families, so that all aspects can really rest assured.

Editor-in-Charge: Wang Jun