China News Service, May 6th, according to the WeChat public account of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, according to the latest notification of the national medical waste, medical wastewater disposal and environmental monitoring by the Ministry, since January 20, the country has accumulated 333,000 tons of medical waste. . In addition, a total of 42,127 times of monitoring of drinking water sources have been carried out, and no water quality situation of drinking water sources affected by epidemic prevention and control has been found.
As of May 4, 2020, the national medical waste disposal capacity was 6114.8 tons / day, an increase of 1212.0 tons / day compared to 4902.8 tons / day before the outbreak. Among them, the capacity of Hubei Province increased from 180.0 tons / day before the outbreak to 658.4 tons / day, the capacity of Wuhan City increased from 50.0 tons / day before the epidemic to 280.1 tons / day, and the capacity of Mudanjiang City of Heilongjiang Province increased from 8.0 tons / day before the epidemic. The day increased to 31.0 tons / day, and the capacity of Manzhouli City in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region increased from 2.0 tons / day before the outbreak to 7.5 tons / day. Since January 20, 333,000 tons of medical waste have been disposed of nationwide.
On May 4th, a total of 2844.9 tons of medical waste was collected and disposed of nationwide. Hubei Province collected and disposed of 114.4 tons of medical waste. Wuhan City collects and disposes 41.1 tons of medical waste. Mudanjiang City collects and disposes of 9.3 tons of medical waste. Manzhouli City collected and disposed of 1.6 tons of medical waste. Since May 1, the amount of medical waste generated in Wuhan has stabilized at 41-43 tons / day, basically at the level of medical waste generated before the epidemic.
Investigations were conducted on sewage treatment facilities in medical institutions nationwide and urban sewage treatment plants that received medical sewage. A total of 461 problems such as irregular operation and management of sewage treatment facilities and inadequate terminal disinfection were found, all of which have been rectified. At present, the national medical sewage treatment is stable and orderly, and disinfection measures are strictly implemented.
From January 20 to May 4, 2020, the results of automatic air monitoring in 337 prefecture-level cities and above showed that the average percentage of good days was 87.3%, and the percentage of good days increased by 4.9 percentage points over the same period last year. The national average concentration of PM2.5 was 38 micrograms per cubic meter, a year-on-year decrease of 13.6%. The early-warning monitoring data of 1864 national water quality automatic stations showed that compared with the same period of last year, the proportion of water quality in categories Ⅰ to Ⅲ increased by 8.4 percentage points, the proportion of water quality in categories Ⅳ and Ⅴ decreased by 5.1 percentage points, and the proportion of inferior water quality decreased by 3.3 percentage points.
A total of 42,127 times of monitoring of drinking water sources have been carried out, and the quality of drinking water sources affected by epidemic prevention and control has not been found. Hubei Province has conducted a total of 1,658 monitoring of drinking water sources, and the water quality has reached or exceeded Class III standards. Wuhan has conducted a total of 234 monitorings of drinking water sources, and the water quality has reached or exceeded Class III standards.