At present, the epidemic situation of new crown pneumonia is spreading and spreading. As an important international port, Beijing faces a sudden increase in the risk of importing epidemic diseases from abroad. On March 16th, in order to do a good job in preventing and controlling the epidemic situation of overseas imported personnel and making every effort to guarantee the normal working and living order of the citizens, the Beijing Municipal Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group decided to start Xiaotangshan Hospital on March 16th, mainly for overseas visitors The returnees in Beijing need to be screened, treated with suspected cases, and diagnosed with mild and ordinary patients.

Xiaotangshan Hospital has more than 1,000 beds, which are mainly used for further medical screening of persons at risk after quarantine by Beijing Customs. Confirmed or suspected cases are admitted to the hospital for treatment. Passengers who do not find abnormalities after screening will be transported back to the local area in a safe and appropriate manner by the destination province. Passengers in Beijing will be picked up by the districts. Centralized isolation medical observation will be implemented for 14 days. Closed loop operation and management. The expansion of Xiaotangshan Hospital has been completed since the end of January, and the expansion has been successfully completed. All the facilities such as ward facilities, laboratory testing, image inspection, disinfection protection, sewage treatment, fire safety, etc. in the expansion area of ​​Xiaotangshan Hospital have passed inspection and acceptance. In strict accordance with the health and epidemic prevention standards, all the channels in the hospital area have been hard-isolated, and separate entrances have been set up to achieve safe and independent operation of each ward. (Edit Lu Jie)

Editor-in-chief: [Wang Kai]