A letter to Qidong’s fellow villagers abroad on the Qingming Festival in 2022

A letter to the folks from Qidong who are abroad on the 2022 Qingming Festival

Dear folks from Qidong who are abroad:

Spring rain and apricot blossoms fill the Qingming Festival, In remembrance, I still complain about the light hookah. As the Qingming Festival approaches, it is a traditional custom of the Chinese nation for wanderers to return to their hometowns to offer sacrifices, remember their ancestors, and express their grief. However, the epidemic has reached a high level in domestic provinces recently, and the prevention and control situation is very severe and complex. In order to effectively control and reduce the risk of epidemic spread and ensure the health and safety of you, your family and the people of the county, we hereby issue the following initiatives and reminders to you:

1. Advocate civilized memorial service on the spot. During the Qingming Festival, it is recommended not to return to your hometown unless necessary. It is recommended to stay where you are now and pay tribute to the deceased through safe and civilized memorial methods such as outings, online memorial services, entrusted memorial services, planting trees and greening, and presenting flowers.

2. If you really need to return to your hometown, please cooperate with the control. If you really need to return to your hometown, you must bring a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours when returning to Qi from outside the province. After arriving in Qi, you can report the information as soon as possible through the "Return to Hunan Report" in the "Convenient Services" on the homepage of the Hunan Health Code; there are Returnees from provinces where local cases have been reported will undergo another nucleic acid test within 24 hours after arriving in Qi and monitor their health for 14 days.

If you have a history of traveling to a high-risk area and its county, closed area, or controlled area in the past 14 days, or have overlapped with the trajectory of an infected person, your health code will be "red code" or "yellow code" , please take the initiative to report to your community, work unit or hotel or B&B where you are staying as soon as possible, and implement centralized isolation, home isolation, home health monitoring, nucleic acid testing and other measures as required. If you return from abroad, you will be quarantined in a centralized quarantine for 14 days after entry, and you will need to be quarantined in a centralized quarantine for 7 days and monitor your health at home for 7 days after returning to Qi.

3. Strengthen personal protection and avoid gatherings. During the Qingming Festival, please cooperate with the implementation of prevention and control measures such as wearing masks, measuring body temperature, checking place and itinerary codes, one-meter noodles, and washing hands frequently. Do not gather together unless necessary, do not hold family or clan gatherings to sweep tombs, and do not hold group gatherings and dinners after offering sacrifices to ancestors.

4. If you feel unwell, seek medical treatment promptly. During your return home, if you have suspicious symptoms such as fever, dry cough, fatigue, diarrhea, loss of smell, etc., do not go to pharmacies or clinics to buy medicines. Please go to the nearest fever clinic as soon as possible and proactively inform relevant personnel of your recent travel history. Contact history, wear a mask throughout the journey to medical treatment, avoid taking public transportation, and protect yourself.

5. Be proactive in getting vaccinated. If you have not been vaccinated, or have not been fully vaccinated, or have not received a booster shot, please get vaccinated at your nearest location in time.

My dear fellow citizens, respecting your ancestors is not just a formality, and preserving the results of the war against the epidemic is the best consolation for the deceased. For yourself, for your loved ones, for others, and for your hometown, I appreciate you canceling your plan to return home during this year’s Qingming Festival, staying here to remember your ancestors, and working together to protect a safe and healthy Qidong.

China *** Qidong County Committee New Coronavirus Infected Pneumonia

Office of the Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group

March 21, 2022