China Overseas Chinese Network, June 6th, title: Are there any new changes in the epidemic prevention policies of these countries?
In the past few days, the world's epidemic situation has continued to change, and various countries have also issued a series of epidemic prevention policies. Today, let Xiaoqiao (ID: qiaowangzhongguo) take you to find out.
New crown epidemic worsens, Malaysia implements "total lockdown"
Recently, the outbreak in Malaysia has spread rapidly, and the highest number of new cases in a single day has soared from 6,000 in late May to more than 9,000.
In view of the severe situation of the epidemic, the Malaysian government announced on May 28 that it will implement a “comprehensive blockade” across the country from June 1 to suspend economic and social activities.
On June 1, local time, the Malaysian government formally implemented a 14-day national blockade.
The picture shows no one on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.
The first phase of the "comprehensive lockdown" was implemented from June 1 to 14, during which economic and social activities were suspended except for essential service departments; if the number of new cases thereafter shows a downward trend, the four-week second phase of the "blockade" will be implemented. Some activities are restricted; if the epidemic is further controlled, the "action control order" will be resumed, that is, economic and social activities will be liberalized under the premise of complying with the epidemic prevention regulations.
Sweden announces the gradual relaxation of control measures for the new crown pneumonia epidemic
As the local new crown pneumonia epidemic has been further controlled and is moving in a positive direction, the Swedish government decided to gradually relax epidemic control measures on May 27 to promote social life to return to normal as soon as possible.
At the press conference, the Swedish government announced that it plans to gradually relax control measures for the new crown pneumonia epidemic in five stages starting from June 1.
The time points for the first four stages were set on June 1, July 1, mid-July, and mid-September. In the fifth stage, all epidemic control measures will be cancelled, and society will return to normal, but the government has not given this. The point in time when the first stage started.
According to the plan announced by the government, from June 1st, the restrictions on the number of people gathered in indoor and outdoor public places will be appropriately relaxed; the night business hours of restaurants will be appropriately extended; the restrictions on the number of people participating in cultural and sports activities will also be increased accordingly.
Swedish Prime Minister Levin said that Sweden has seen the dawn of hope, but the announcement of deregulation measures does not mean the end of the epidemic.
He called on the public to continue to abide by the anti-epidemic recommendations at different stages and take corresponding anti-epidemic measures.
Bangkok, Thailand lifts ban on 5 types of places from June 1
Thailand has the third wave of outbreaks since the beginning of April. The capital Bangkok has the most severe outbreak, with the number of confirmed cases approaching one-fourth of the country's total.
Previously, due to the rapid spread of the epidemic, Bangkok adopted strict control measures.
On May 31, the Infectious Diseases Committee of Bangkok, Thailand held a meeting and decided to conditionally lift the ban on five types of places from June 1.
The meeting concluded that the hot spots of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Bangkok are mainly concentrated in communities, markets, and construction worker camps. At present, due to strict prevention and control measures, the epidemic in the above-mentioned areas has gradually stabilized.
As for other types of places or locations, no cluster infections were found.
Therefore, the committee decided to reopen some premises to help reduce the losses of related businesses and allow practitioners to resume work under strict epidemic prevention measures.
On May 12th, Thai people conducted pre-vaccination inspections.
On the same day, Bangkok’s first vaccination site outside the hospital, La Phrao Central Plaza, opened the first day of vaccination work.
China News Agency reporter Wang Guoan
The places that have been lifted include: various types of museums, learning centers, science and technology museums, expo parks, and art galleries (group visits are still prohibited); tattoos and nail salons (if infection cases are found, they will be closed for 14 days immediately); weight management centers, Beauty salons, beauty and plastic surgery places; health care institutions such as SPA shops, massage shops, etc. (except saunas and facial massage services); parks, botanical gardens, gardens (no gatherings are allowed, no food can be brought into the house except drinking water).
Other locations that have not been lifted will remain closed until June 14.
Argentina continues to close its borders to extend the validity of foreigners' temporary status
A few days ago, the Argentine government announced that it will continue to close the border until June 11, and at the same time extend the validity period of foreigners’ temporary residence status for 30 days.
The Afghan government has stipulated that the Ministry of Health will determine the point of entry to continue to suspend the direct flights to and from the United Kingdom, as well as from Brazil, Chile, Mexico and India, so as to meet the basic needs of the epidemic situation as much as possible.
In the case of special permission and humanitarian reasons, the Argentine Immigration Bureau “can approve people to enter through other border points” after the intervention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On May 22, local time, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, there were few pedestrians and vehicles on the streets.
In addition, the Afghan government also passed Resolution 1302/2021 to extend the validity period of 30 days for foreigners' temporary residence status and temporary residence certificates (precarias), which also include visas and other consular entry permits.
The Afghan government believes that the number of new cases in the country has increased significantly in recent weeks, and more infectious mutated strains have been discovered, so it is necessary to extend the aforementioned preventive measures in time.
Singapore will implement new rules for citizens and permanent residents who test negative before entering the country
According to Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore’s Ministry of Health issued a statement stating that due to the deterioration of the global epidemic in recent weeks, new variants of the virus have emerged. In order to control the import of the epidemic and prevent the virus from spreading to the community, it will start at 11:59 on May 29. , Singaporean citizens and permanent residents must be tested for the new coronavirus before returning to Singapore, and the test result is negative before entering the country.
The picture shows the Singapore school reopening on June 2, 2020. Kindergarten students use hand sanitizer before entering the classroom.
These passengers must undergo a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test within 72 hours before departure and present a test certificate at the land, sea and air checkpoints.
Those who are unable to produce proof can be refused entry, and permanent residents and long-term document holders who fail to comply with the requirements can also be revoked.
Passengers from low-risk countries or regions such as Australia, Brunei, New Zealand, and China are not affected by this regulation.
No matter where you are, you must always pay attention to your own health and comply with local epidemic prevention regulations.
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(Reference materials: China News Network, China Overseas Chinese Network, Xinhuanet, Singapore "Lianhe Zaobao", Argentina Chinese Network, etc.; Author: Liu Xihan; ID: qiaowangzhongguo)