After the loading was completed, the staff fully disinfected the transfer vehicle. Photo by Li Peishan of China News Agency
Chinanews.net client March 11 (Yuan Xiueyue) The State Council ’s joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference on March 11. Zhao Qunying, director of the Emergency Management Office of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, introduced that medical waste was receivable and timely disposed of. The total (disposal) capacity of medical waste across the country before the epidemic was 4902.8 tons / day, and the current capacity has been increased to 6022 tons / day, an increase of 23%, reducing the pressure on medical waste disposal. By March 9, a total of 3006 tons of medical waste were collected nationwide, of which 468.9 tons were medical epidemic-related diseases. On the same day, 3001.9 tons of medical waste were disposed of nationwide. 4.1 tons were counted the next day, and the average load reached 49.8%. He said that all medical waste involved in the epidemic was collected and transferred on the same day for disposal. Since January 20, the country has processed 142,000 tons of medical waste.