Contents of Tai’an City’s fourth press conference on epidemic prevention and control

Taian City held the fourth press conference on the prevention and control of the new coronavirus epidemic

On March 28, the Municipal Government Information Office held the fourth press conference on the prevention and control of the new coronavirus epidemic. At the conference, Vice Mayor Feng Nengbin released the latest situation of epidemic prevention and control in the city. Relevant responsible comrades from the Propaganda Department of the Tai'an Municipal Party Committee, Tai'an Civil Affairs Bureau, and Tai'an Municipal Transportation Bureau attended the conference and answered reporters' questions on issues of social concern.

Since the third press conference on March 27, our city has added one new case of COVID-19 nucleic acid test positive infection, which is a centralized isolation medical observation personnel and was diagnosed as an asymptomatic infection. The trajectory was announced to the public on the morning of March 28. Two asymptomatic infections were converted into confirmed cases, namely the previously announced infected persons 4 and 8.

From 0:00 on March 25, 2022 to 17:00 on March 28, the city reported a total of 10 positive cases of infection, including 6 confirmed cases and 4 asymptomatic infections, all of which were designated at the municipal level. Isolated observation and treatment in hospital.

Since the outbreak of this round of epidemic, our city has seized the time, responded quickly, and deployed quickly, and went all out to win the battle to prevent and control the epidemic.

Strictly prevent the spread of the epidemic. Adhering to the principle of "monitoring, controlling and screening at the same time", we continued to do a good job in emergency response work such as traceability, isolation control, nucleic acid testing, etc. A total of 1,030 close contacts and sub-close contacts were investigated, and isolation control measures were all implemented as required. On the basis of completing the nucleic acid testing of all employees in the city, personnel in the sealed and controlled areas will be tested once a day. Virus gene sequencing results showed that the infecting strain is the BA.2 evolutionary branch of the Omicron variant strain, which is highly homologous to strains outside the province. Of the 10 positive infections reported so far, 3 are imported from other provinces, and the remaining 7 are all centralized quarantined medical observation personnel.

Strictly control the import of external defenses. Adhere to the principle of "preventing external imports and internally preventing rebounds", improve the three-level subcontracting mechanism, consolidate the responsibilities of towns and villages in a grid-based investigation and sorting, give full play to the role of each traffic checkpoint, accommodation hotel, and contact unit, and strictly implement the entire process of entry personnel Closed-loop management will increase the screening and follow-up testing of people entering and returning to Thailand from areas with local epidemics outside the province and within the province. On the basis of strict implementation of the control measures for arrivals from areas with local epidemics, all persons returning to Thailand from outside the province must have a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours, and undergo a nucleic acid test on the first and third days after arrival in Thailand. testing to strictly prevent the risk of imported epidemics.

Strengthen social control. Issue a notice to severely crack down on illegal and criminal activities related to epidemic prevention and control in accordance with the law, strictly implement prevention and control measures such as temperature testing in public places, standardizing the wearing of masks, and checking health codes and itinerary cards, strictly control various gathering activities, and minimize the risk of Risk of epidemic spread. Strengthen the supply guarantee of daily necessities, launch an emergency monitoring mechanism for prices of important consumer goods for residents and epidemic prevention and control supplies, severely crack down on hoarding, price gouging and other behaviors, and make every effort to ensure the supply and stable price of important people's livelihood commodities. At present, the city's daily necessities are fully supplied and replenished. The goods are timely and the operation is smooth, which can meet the daily needs of the people.

At present, the epidemic prevention and control situation in our city is still severe and complex. In addition, the Omicron variant has strong transmissibility, high concealment, and general susceptibility of the population. The epidemic prevention and control work cannot be separated from the public’s support* **Work together. We hope that the general public will consciously support, cooperate with and participate in epidemic prevention and control work, and jointly build a solid line of defense for group prevention, group control, and joint prevention and control, and work together to win this battle to prevent and control the epidemic.

Question 1: It is understood that in this round of epidemic prevention and control work, "Taian Xiaomei" volunteers from various industries across the city insist on being on the front line of epidemic prevention and control, and are implementing various prevention and control tasks. played an important role. Please introduce the relevant situation.

Lei Jianmin, deputy minister in charge of daily work of the Propaganda Department of the Tai'an Municipal Party Committee and director of the Municipal Civilization Office, answered: Since the outbreak, more than 3,600 volunteer service organizations and more than 116,000 "Taian Xiaomei" volunteers have participated in the city. Actively participate in epidemic prevention and control work, vigorously promote the voluntary spirit of "dedication, friendship, mutual assistance, and progress", sacrifice one's family for everyone, talk about dedication and courage, and become an important force in the fight against the epidemic.

The first is to fully mobilize and involve all employees.

We will strictly follow the unified deployment requirements of the Municipal Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters and the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, take active actions, pay close attention to implementation, and make every effort to win this tough battle of epidemic prevention and control.

Question 3: What measures has the Municipal Transportation Bureau taken in terms of epidemic prevention and control and ensuring smooth transportation?

Xu Caihong, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Tai'an Municipal Transportation Bureau, answered: Since the epidemic prevention and control work was launched, the Municipal Transportation Bureau has resolutely implemented the deployment requirements of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, and all counties, cities and functional areas have carefully implemented The organization, transportation, public security, health and other departments work closely together and coordinate operations, adhering to "strict prevention and control, ensuring smooth flow", focusing on three aspects of work:

First, strictly control intersections. Focusing on highway entrances and exits and national and provincial highways entering Thailand, we will implement territorial management responsibilities, scientifically set up inspection stations, allocate sufficient and strong inspection forces, and build a tight line of defense. Currently, the city has set up 81 epidemic prevention and control inspection stations at traffic intersections. Among them, 19 are around Taicheng and 62 are in counties and cities. More than 1,000 people from transportation, public security, health and other departments and local governments are on duty every day. So far, the city has inspected a total of 163,600 vehicles and 274,700 personnel, and has promptly dealt with those found to have abnormal health codes.

The second is to comprehensively do a good job in industry management. Passenger transport and chartered tours to medium- and high-risk areas and epidemic areas have been stopped at all times, and bus lines passing through Tai'an High-tech Zone and key areas have also been suspended in a timely manner. Strictly strengthen public transportation management, and all key transportation stations and road transportation companies will strictly implement measures such as passenger temperature measurement, bright code passage, wearing masks, ventilation and disinfection, etc., to effectively ensure the safe and healthy travel of the people.

The third is to make every effort to ensure traffic and smooth flow. Set up "green channels" for the transportation of key epidemic prevention and control materials at highway toll stations, and quickly inspect and release emergency epidemic prevention transport vehicles. A closed-loop management card system for freight vehicles entering Thailand has been established to implement full-process, full-closed-loop management of trucks that meet the conditions for entering Thailand. Together with the public security and traffic police departments, we launched a working mechanism for online and offline processing of "Vehicle Passes for Transporting Key Materials for COVID-19 Epidemic Prevention and Control" and issued a total of 2,108 passes, effectively guaranteeing the supply of medical prevention and control materials, fresh agricultural products, key production and living materials, and energy. Transportation of various key materials such as materials. 458 emergency transportation vehicles of various types are reserved across the city to provide emergency response for personnel transfer and material transportation to ensure timely and accurate transportation.

Currently, our city is in a critical period of epidemic prevention and control. We will continue to coordinate epidemic prevention and control and ensure smooth traffic, and serve the city's overall anti-epidemic and economic development.