China Overseas Chinese Network, July 6th, title: It's related to you!
These reminders recently issued by Chinese embassies and consulates abroad are worthy of attention
Entering July, the epidemic or security situation in some countries and regions has undergone abrupt changes.
Xiaoqiao noticed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese embassies and consulates abroad have recently released news to remind Chinese citizens who are overseas or about to go abroad to strengthen epidemic prevention, improve self-protection awareness, and take care of various risks.
Among them, reminders involving safety reminders, anti-epidemic policies, anti-telecom fraud, and returning to the country by transfer are worthy of attention.
Chinese citizens should not go to these countries and regions
When living abroad, safety comes first.
Recently, the Chinese Consulate Service Network has updated a number of safety reminders to remind Chinese citizens not to go to Swaziland, central and northern Mali and some border areas and some provinces of Burkina Faso.
Screenshot of China Consulate Service Network
Recently, protests broke out in Swaziland, where protesters beat, smashed, looted, burned, and blocked roads. The situation gradually escalated and deteriorated.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in South Africa reminded Chinese citizens not to travel to Swaziland in the near future.
Chinese citizens in Sri Lanka have to strengthen safety precautions and emergency preparedness. In case of an emergency, please contact the local police, overseas Chinese delegation and the Chinese Embassy in South Africa for assistance.
The safety reminder is valid until July 30, 2021.
In recent years, terrorist organizations and illegal militants have been rampant in the eastern and northern border areas of Burkina Faso, and the security situation has continued to deteriorate.
On June 25, 2021, the National Assembly of Burkina Faso passed a bill to once again extend the time for a state of emergency in 14 provinces of Burkina Faso by 18 months.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Burkina Faso reminded Chinese citizens and Chinese-funded organizations in Burkina Faso to pay close attention to the development of the situation, to be more vigilant, to strengthen security precautions and emergency preparedness.
In case of emergency, please report to the police and contact the embassy in Burundi.
Chinese citizens are reminded not to go to Burkina Faso's aforementioned emergency areas.
The safety reminder issued by the embassy is valid until December 25, 2021.
Screenshot of the website of the Chinese Embassy in the Czech Republic
In addition, the Department of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Tunisia reminded Chinese citizens in Tunis to pay close attention to the local security situation, heighten vigilance, strengthen precautions, pay attention to personal and property safety, and travel together as much as possible when going out.
Special attention must be paid to safety when going to the western border and southern desert areas.
The Chinese Embassy in the Czech Republic also reminded local Chinese citizens to increase their safety awareness, pay attention to preventing various safety risks, and earnestly safeguard their own health and safety.
Concerned about the epidemic prevention policy, overseas Chinese should abide by local arrangements
Recently, the third wave of the epidemic situation in Malawi has been severe, with a surge in confirmed cases every day. Unfortunately, more than a dozen Chinese overseas Chinese in Malaysia have been diagnosed, and there are clusters of cross-infections.
The Chinese Embassy in Malawi solemnly reminds the overseas Chinese in Malawi: Always maintain a high level of vigilance, resolutely overcome fluke and paralysis, avoid gatherings, especially in closed places, and exercise self-discipline; if unfortunately, you should contact the Chinese medical aid team in time. Or go to a local hospital for medical treatment, investigate and notify close contacts within 14 days of isolation and testing, and report to the affiliated chamber of commerce and embassy in a timely manner.
Screenshot of the website of the Chinese Embassy in Malawi
The Delta virus is currently known to the World Health Organization as the most infectious virus. It has recently accelerated its spread in countries around the world and has spread to more than 90 countries. It has become the main pathogenic variant that exacerbates the current global new crown epidemic.
The Chinese Embassy in Laos reminded the majority of Chinese citizens in Laos that facing the risk of the spread of the new variant of the new coronavirus, it is necessary to further strengthen personal prevention and control awareness, strengthen risk prevention, and effectively personal protection, minimize foreign exchanges, and avoid participating in gathering activities. And strictly abide by the Lao government's various epidemic prevention and control measures, and cooperate and support the Lao government to do various community prevention and control work.
On June 30, the Singaporean government announced that it would adjust passenger entry control measures in some countries and regions starting at 23:59 on July 2nd, including: relaxation of passenger entry control measures in China’s Guangdong Province.
The Chinese Embassy in Singapore reminded Chinese citizens going to New Zealand to pay attention to the changes in Singapore's epidemic prevention and control measures, plan their itineraries reasonably, and comply with relevant epidemic prevention arrangements.
At the same time, the embassy reminded Chinese citizens in New Zealand to pay attention to the changes in the local epidemic situation in Singapore, strictly abide by relevant anti-epidemic measures, and insist on non-essential, non-emergency, and non-travel.
After being vaccinated with the new crown pneumonia vaccine, one should not be taken lightly or carelessly, and should continue to take personal protection and strictly abide by the local epidemic prevention measures.
Overseas compatriots must be vigilant to prevent telecom fraud
Preventing telecommunications fraud is a commonplace talk, but I still have to talk about it.
Recently, there have been frequent occurrences of criminals in Luxembourg using virtual telephones to simulate the switchboard telephone of the Chinese Embassy in Luxembourg and the consular protection telephone to carry out telecommunications fraud.
As the consular staff of the Chinese Embassy in Luxembourg, the criminals took the initiative to express their concerns about the caller, asked about their physical condition and epidemic prevention, reminded to strengthen protection, protect personal information, and proactively provided false information such as their name and position, and gradually defrauded the caller To achieve the above-mentioned illegal purposes.
Data map: Tools used by telecommunications fraud criminal gangs.
Photo courtesy of the police
This round of telecommunications fraud has various forms, and the level of disguise of criminals is highly realistic. The Chinese Embassy in Luxembourg recommends that Chinese citizens in Rwanda: be very vigilant about such calls, do not entangle the caller, hang up as soon as possible, and call back if you have any questions. The embassy calls for verification; personal information must be protected, and personal financial information must not be easily disclosed; the embassy will not notify Chinese compatriots by telephone that there are domestic cases that need to be handled, and will not ask for personal bank card account numbers, passwords and other financial information, and will not ask for them Pay the fee for the license by transfer; if you encounter a fraudulent call, report the case to the Luxembourg police in time, and report to the domestic public security organ at the same time.
Coincidentally, the Chinese Embassy in Mexico has recently published cases of criminals pretending to be the Chinese Embassy in Mexico to commit fraud.
The lawbreaker used dial-up software (part of the phone numbers: 5627480760; 5627657480; 5627710137) to call the party and jump to the manual service, claiming to be a staff member of the embassy, falsely claiming that the party was involved in major financial crimes, criminal crimes, etc., or requesting the party to collect the charges from the embassy Urgent.
The Chinese Embassy in Mexico reminds Chinese citizens in Mexico to be vigilant and prevent telecommunications fraud, pay attention to the propaganda and tips issued by the embassy and consulates in Mexico and relevant domestic departments, and continue to learn common sense of fraud prevention and raise awareness of prevention.
Enhance safety awareness and prevent various risks
On the evening of July 3, local time, a mudslide occurred in the Izu Mountain area of Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 11 o'clock on the 4th, 2 people were killed, about 20 people were missing, and more than 80 buildings were damaged.
After verification with the local government, the overseas Chinese community, and other channels, no information on the casualties of Chinese citizens has been received yet.
The wreckage of a building damaged in a landslide disaster was photographed in Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan on July 4.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hua Yi
In the current situation where the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still severe, the Chinese Embassy in Japan reminds the majority of Chinese citizens in the consular area to strengthen safety awareness, pay close attention to disaster information, and take various preventive measures.
In case of emergencies or difficulties, please seek help from relevant Japanese agencies or contact the embassy as soon as possible.
According to the website of the Chinese Embassy in the United States, recently, there have been successive crashes, drownings and traffic accidents of Chinese citizens in Washington, Michigan, Tennessee and other places.
The Chinese Embassy in the United States solemnly reminds Chinese citizens in the United States and Chinese citizens about to go to the United States to raise their awareness of self-protection and prevent various risks.
The Chinese Embassy in the U.S. reminded that when driving in the U.S., please strictly abide by the U.S. traffic rules, prohibit “drunk driving”, “drug driving”, and “drug driving”, pay attention to the mandatory regulations for rear passengers to wear seat belts, and pay special attention to “STOP” (STOP) ) Differences between signs, etc. and Chinese traffic rules.
During the epidemic, insist on "non-essential, non-urgent, and non-travel".
Reduce unnecessary entertainment and gatherings.
When climbing, wading and other outdoor sports, pay attention to understand the safety risks, follow professional guidance, and be vigilant for low-cost soliciting projects.
Pay attention to the weather and sea conditions, and do not go out to sea or swim in the water by chance.
Pay attention to US climate news and weather forecasts, and take preventive measures.
In the event of sudden natural disasters, follow the instructions of the local rescue department.
The cost of medical care in the United States is high, so you should purchase adequate medical insurance and personal accident insurance based on your health and economic status.
In addition to the above reminders, the embassy in Bangladesh also reminded Chinese citizens not to carry large amounts of cash in or out of the country.
The embassy informed that a citizen recently planned to return home with tens of thousands of dollars in cash and was detained at the customs at Dhaka International Airport for failing to declare as required.
"The risk of the epidemic needs to be paid attention to when returning to China" is still one of the important contents released by many embassies and consulates abroad recently.
At present, the epidemic situation in many countries is still running at a high level, and more infectious virus variants are constantly appearing. Long-distance travel has a great risk of infection. The embassies and consulates ask everyone to continue to insist on "non-essential, no travel."
If you really need to transfer back to your country, personal protection must be done throughout the journey to avoid gathering of people to prevent infection during the journey.
(Source: Consular Express, China News.com, Chinese Embassy website in Singapore, Chinese Embassy in Luxembourg, Chinese Embassy in the United States, etc.; Author: Han Hui; ID: qiaowangzhongguo)