(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) In response to the latest wave of epidemics, China's Ministry of Transport has adopted three major measures to prevent and control
China News Service, Beijing, August 26 (Reporter Zhou Yin) The reporter learned from a press conference held by the Ministry of Transport of China on the 26th that the Ministry of Transport has taken three major measures to prevent and control the latest wave of epidemics.
The first is to maintain the efficient operation of the emergency command system for epidemic prevention and control.
The second is to guide the areas involved in the epidemic to do a good job in transportation management and control.
The third is to strengthen the deployment and supervision of the implementation of epidemic prevention and control, including timely revision of the zoning and hierarchical prevention and control guidelines for epidemic prevention and control of passenger terminals and transportation vehicles, guidelines for epidemic prevention and control of road freight vehicles, employees, and stations, and epidemic prevention and control of ports and their front-line personnel Guidelines for prevention and control work, etc.
As of August 25, the Ministry of Transport has implemented 5 circuit breakers, and has suspended 24 shipping companies and their management of 531 ships and their foreign crew members to change shifts at ports in China.
Earlier, the crew of the Panamanian cargo ship "Hongjin" called for help due to fever and caused social concern. The Ministry of Transport stated on the 26th that on August 9th and 15th, the 20 crew members of the "Hongjin" ship were sent to designated groups in two batches. In the hospital, 16 of them tested positive for nucleic acid, and they have all received treatment and are in stable health.
As of 17:00 on August 20, the "Hongjin" vessel had sailed to the port of destination of this voyage-Jiangsu Taicang Port after completing the boarding of the successor crew, material supply and port state control inspections.
Since 2020, the Ministry of Transport has jointly issued documents with relevant national ministries and commissions to standardize the operating procedures for crew shifts and disembarkation and injury and illness rescue in domestic ports. Good epidemic prevention and control work.
Since April 1, 2020, the country has completed more than 270,000 crew shifts on international voyages, and rescued more than 1,600 crew members for injuries and illnesses.
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