Nan'an suspends on-site memorial sweeps and Guangdong suspends on-site Qingming Festival sweeps

Nan’an City’s Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Emergency Headquarters Announcement No. 19

The current epidemic prevention and control is at a critical stage, the epidemic is far from over, and the risk of importation is very serious . In order to do a solid job in epidemic prevention and control and forest fire prevention, avoid imported and clustered epidemics and forest fires caused by concentrated memorial and sweeping activities, and make every effort to protect public health and social security, according to the General Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs’ notice on doing a good job In the spirit of the notice on the 2020 Tomb Sweeping Day memorial and sweeping work and the "Ten Not Relaxation" and "Twelve Strengthening" requirements of Fujian Province, the relevant matters are hereby announced as follows:

1. On-site memorial sweeping is suspended. From now on, all tomb-sweeping and sacrificial activities at city funeral homes, cemeteries, township and village columbariums, resting halls, temples and other places that provide ashes storage and scattered graves that are not centralized are suspended.

2. It is strictly prohibited to go up the mountain to offer sacrifices. All towns, towns and villages, together with the public security, traffic police, forest fire prevention, urban management and other departments, set up temporary fire prevention and epidemic prevention checkpoints at various mountain intersections to strengthen the control of fire sources and the control of people who go up to the mountain to worship and sweep. , and will be dealt with seriously by the public security departments in accordance with laws and regulations.

3. Carry out simple memorial sweeps. Funeral service institutions such as cemeteries, columbariums, and resting halls in the city will have staff conduct collective memorial sweeps on their behalf, and family members and the public are not allowed to participate on site. Overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan should actively respond to the relevant initiatives of "A Letter to Overseas Chinese in Nan'an and Compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan". If you have plans to return to your hometown in the near future, please postpone it as long as possible. It is recommended to express your respect for the deceased through online worship and other methods. Feelings of longing. If you really need to return to your hometown for special reasons, you must strictly implement 14 days of centralized medical observation after entry and undergo a nucleic acid test.

4. Advocate civilized sacrifices. The general public can enter the "Nan'an Meiling Ancient Garden 2020 Qingming Festival Online Sacrifice Platform" to conduct online memorial services for their deceased relatives and friends, pray for blessings, and express their condolences. All townships, towns, and municipal units must increase publicity efforts, establish a new trend of civilized sacrifices, and guide the general public to pay homage to their ancestors and remember the deceased through family memorials, online memorial scans, and writing messages.

5. The city’s party members and cadres, public officials, deputies to the National People’s Congress, and members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference should take the lead in setting an example. The general public should actively mobilize overseas folks and relatives who are doing business or working abroad to temporarily refrain from returning home to visit relatives and friends, and to visit graves and pay homage. Ancestor. All agencies, enterprises and institutions must strengthen publicity, education, supervision and management of their own cadres and employees. Anyone who violates the requirements of this notice will be dealt with strictly in accordance with laws and regulations.

This notice will come into effect from the date of issuance and will be automatically lifted after the epidemic emergency response is terminated.

Nan'an City Emergency Headquarters for the Prevention and Control of Novel Coronavirus Infection Pneumonia Epidemic

March 18, 2020