Correspondence: China's border town of Manzhouli "epidemic": answer an "open-book exam" with confidence

  China News Service, Manzhouli, November 24th, title: The "epidemic" of the war in Manzhouli, a border town in China: answer an "open-book exam" with confidence

  China News Service reporter Li Aiping and Zhang Liangcheng

  In more than 60 hours from 4 pm on the 21st to the present, the border city of Manzhouli in China is answering an "open-book examination" about the war "epidemic".

  Located in the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Manzhouli is adjacent to Russia and Mongolia. It is the most mainland port city in China and an important hub on the Eurasian land corridor. It is known as the "Window of East Asia" by the outside world.

  In the past 10 months, the city has been hit by the new crown pneumonia epidemic three times.

  On January 23, a suspected case of new coronary pneumonia was found in Manzhouli, and the patient was diagnosed thereafter; on April 6, a confirmed case of entry into Russia was detected at the Manzhouli port. Since then, the number of confirmed cases in the city has increased to 77; November 21 , Inner Mongolia Health Commission notified the city of 2 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the city.

The picture shows the Manzhouli cheering poster made by netizens.

Photo by Zhang Liangcheng

  The people of Manzhouli are now facing the continuous "patronage" of the new crown pneumonia epidemic with confidence and strength.

  "We are not scared by the epidemic." Many local people said optimistically, "We have rich experience in fighting against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, disinfecting, ventilating, and wearing masks. This time we have more nucleic acid tests for all employees."

  This is the case. Since 14:00 on November 22, Manzhouli officials decided to use 3 days to carry out full-time nucleic acid testing for residents and enterprise employees in the city.

  Liu Jialin, a local citizen who participated in nucleic acid testing, said in an interview with reporters: “Come to the testing site for nucleic acid testing as required. This is an act responsible for others. After testing, everyone is relieved and I believe we will return to normal life and life soon. jobs."

  "We have experience in fighting the epidemic, and this time we will definitely be able to turn the dangers into danger." Chen Si, a local medical worker who participated in the fight against the epidemic in Hubei, said: "New crown pneumonia is not terrible. Any disease has a process of being overcome by humans. Manzhouli will definitely be able to overcome it. Overcome difficulties."

  Among the medical staff in Manzhouli who participated in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Chen Si was just one of them.

A number of medical staff who had participated in the fight against the Hubei epidemic told reporters, "Medical staff from many hospitals, including the Inner Mongolia Forestry General Hospital, have now rushed to Manzhouli to carry out large-scale nucleic acid testing, prevention and control."

  Du Yandan is the deputy dean of the Inner Mongolia Forestry General Hospital and the leader of the medical staff to assist Manzhouli.

He said: "The doctors are kind, and the medical staff will do their best to fight the epidemic. I believe the epidemic will eventually pass. Please rest assured!"

  Local official news shows that at present, various communities in Manzhouli are stepping up efforts to clean up public areas, and set up special garbage bins for discarded masks and free collection points for prevention and control manuals in the communities to increase self-protection and actively prevent and control the epidemic.

  It is worth mentioning that during the epidemic prevention and control period, some large local supermarkets had sufficient supplies of daily necessities such as meat, rice and noodles, as well as a complete range of vegetables and stable prices.

  Under the epidemic situation, Manzhouli is confidently winning the battle against the epidemic.

  "Let's shout from the air, come on! Manzhouli!" Since the outbreak of the epidemic on November 21, a large number of netizens have cheered for Manzhouli and told their hearts through short videos.

  A local citizen, Yu Wanjiang, said excitedly: “Manzhouli is a heroic city. This epidemic situation is nothing. In this'open-book examination', we will definitely get good results.” (End)