(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Shanghai starts a new round of nucleic acid screening: dividing the river as the boundary

  China News Agency, Shanghai, March 27 (Reporter Chen Jing) The Shanghai New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group Office announced on the evening of the 27th that Shanghai will launch a new round of diced and gridded nucleic acid screening.

  Starting from 5:00 on March 28, Shanghai will implement nucleic acid screening in batches with the Huangpu River as the boundary.

  The first batch, Pudong, Punan and adjacent areas (including Pudong New District, Fengxian District, Jinshan District, Chongming District, Minhang District Pujin Street, Pujiang Town, Songjiang District Xinbang Town, Shihudang District Town, Maogang Town, Yexie Town) first implemented blockade and control, carried out nucleic acid screening, and unblocked at 5:00 on April 1.

At the same time, the key areas in Puxi continued to implement closure and control management.

  In the second batch, starting from 3:00 on April 1, according to the principle of pressing forward, the Puxi area will be closed and controlled, and nucleic acid screening will be carried out, and the closure will be lifted at 3:00 on April 5.

  According to relevant requirements, in the closed area, the residential area is under closed management, all personnel stay at home, and personnel and vehicles can only enter and exit.

Takeaways, express delivery, etc. that guarantee basic necessities of life shall be delivered without contact, and shall not enter residential quarters.

  In the sealed-off area, the staff of party and government organs and public institutions at all levels, in addition to undertaking epidemic prevention tasks and ensuring basic operations, all work from home or become community volunteers on the spot to fully participate in community epidemic prevention services.

Medical personnel, epidemic prevention personnel, public security officers, takeaway couriers, etc. who are required for work can travel normally with work permits or unit certificates.

  In the closed area, all enterprises implement closed production or work from home, except for public service enterprises such as water, electricity, fuel, gas, communication, transportation, sanitation, and supply of grain, oil, meat and vegetables that ensure the life of citizens and the basic operation of the city.

  Buses, subways, ferries, taxis, and online car-hailing operations will be suspended in the sealed area.

Vehicles related to epidemic prevention and control, emergency medical treatment, living security, urban operation, emergency response, etc. shall be approved and verified by the district government or the competent department of each industry, and the rest of the vehicles shall not be on the road unless necessary.

  The Office of the Leading Group for the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic in Shanghai requires that all relevant departments in Shanghai and districts and supply guarantee companies must ensure sufficient supply of daily necessities and stable prices, and provide affordable staple and non-staple food supplies as needed during the lockdown period.

It is necessary to unblock the green channel to ensure the emergency medical needs of the public, especially pregnant women, hemodialysis, radiotherapy and chemotherapy and other special patients.

All districts, streets, towns, and communities must implement specialized service guarantee teams to respond to people's demands in a timely manner.

  The Office of the Leading Group for the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic in Shanghai stated that it will optimize and adjust the epidemic prevention measures according to the epidemic situation.

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