On January 11, the villagers of Beiqiaozhai Village, Zengcun Town, Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang, were moving in an orderly manner.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Yujia

(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Visiting Zengcun Towns in the "During Epidemic": More than 20,000 people in 12 villages were isolated and observed in different places

　　China News Service, Shijiazhuang, January 11th. Title: Visiting Zengcun Towns "During the Epidemic": More than 20,000 people in 12 villages were quarantined and observed in different places

　　Translated by China News Agency reporter Wang Tian

　　In the early morning of the 11th, before dawn, Zhao Xiaoyan, a villager in Zengcun Town, Zengcun Town, Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang City, was awakened by the "big horn" in the village. Conduct centralized isolation and observation in a remote location."

　　Starting on the 3rd, Zhao Xiaoyan's family, who had been quarantined at home for 8 days, "crossed" the isolation blockade for the first time and came to the 204 Provincial Highway tens of meters away.

A few kilometers away, hundreds of buses and large buses are gathering on standby.

The buses that had been on board the villagers drove away one by one under the escort of police cars.

　　"People are gone, what about the puppy at home?" Zhao Xiaoyan was sitting on the luggage with her child in her arms.

At this moment, the pet dog at home has become her biggest concern.

　　In the adjacent Nanqiaozhai Village, more than 20 farmers have been left behind.

"Those chickens, pigs, and sheep must be raised, and some elderly people in the village who are unable to move also need to be taken care of." Du Fengyu, deputy secretary of the party branch of Nanqiaozhai Village, said that as of noon on the 11th, more than two thousand people in the village had been transferred.

　　Zengcun Town is located at the northwest end of Gaocheng District, bordering Zhengding and Xinle, and adjacent to Zhengding International Airport. It has 20 administrative villages with a population of more than 60,000. The light industry and agricultural markets are developed. The 204 Provincial Highway runs through the town.

On January 2, the first confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia in this round of epidemic was discovered in Xiaoguozhuang Village, Zengcun Township.

　　That night, Zhang Yueli, deputy head of the Criminal Special Police Brigade of Gaocheng District Public Security Bureau, took the police to Xiaoguozhuang.

Set up cards, dispatched control, channeled, and inspected the small Guozhuang with more than 4,000 people quickly separated from the noise and quieted down.

　　The confirmed cases subsequently discovered were concentrated in Xiaoguozhuang Village, Liujiazuo Village, Beiqiao Village, Nanqiao Village, Dongqiao Village and other places in Zengcun Town.

As of 24:00 on the 10th, most of the 265 confirmed cases in Hebei Province were from Zengcun Township.

　　On the morning of the 11th, a reporter from China News Agency learned from the Propaganda Department of Gaocheng District Committee that in order to effectively prevent and control the epidemic, the district received instructions from the superior to conduct centralized isolation and observation of more than 20,000 villagers in 12 villages in Zengcun Town.

　　“I feel that the epidemic is too far away from me. Many people in the village are not used to wearing masks anymore.” Fang Lingwei, a villager in Xiaoguozhuang Village, said that the first round of nucleic acid testing by the villagers continued from late at night on the night when the first confirmed case was discovered. Until the next day.

　　First, those who tested positive for nucleic acid, then those who had close contacts with these people, and then all the villagers in Xiaoguozhuang.

In 8 days, the villagers were transferred to different places for centralized isolation and observation.

On the night of the 10th, the last group of villagers in Xiaoguozhuang Village who were isolated from other places were picked up by 28 buses.

　　Fang Lingwei's family was also resettled to Wentang Town, Pingshan County.

"Each person has a room, food and lodging are very good." Fang Lingwei said, which made him feel relieved to be a volunteer who temporarily stayed at Xiaoguozhuang.

　　On the 11th, opposite the entrance of Xiaoguozhuang Village, an ambulance parked there.

Wei Jingjing, a doctor at the Gaocheng District Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, said that after the outbreak, they became "mobile doctors" here. "Now there are still some elderly people with disabilities in the villages staying behind. At this time, they need us more."

　　On that day, more than a dozen buses carrying villagers from Niujiazhuang Village in Zengcun Town drove out of Xiaoguozhuang Village.

Zhang Yueli and his colleagues opened the temporary iron gate at the entrance of the village and disinfected the body and tires of the vehicles one by one.

　　As the roar of vehicles faded away, Xiaoguozhuang Village became quiet again. On the 204 provincial highway a few kilometers long, there were only checkpoints and personnel on duty in protective clothing.

A spray disinfection vehicle modified by a sprinkler drove slowly from a distance, spraying mist of disinfectant all over the road.

　　"Everything will be fine." Fang Lingwei said.

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