China News Service, Beijing, April 28 (Zhang Yilin) ​​Recently, the number of new local infections is still running at a high level, and the May Day holiday is approaching. What is the latest epidemic situation in various places?

Can I still travel this holiday?

On the 28th, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference, and multiple departments responded to the topics of public concern.

Conference site.

Photo by Zhang Yilin

Local cases continue to fluctuate and decline

To prevent the prevention and control policies from being overweighted

　　Mi Feng, a spokesman for the National Health Commission, said that currently, my country's existing local confirmed cases and asymptomatic infections under medical observation have continued to fluctuate for the past 10 days. .

　　He said that we must always adhere to the general policy of "dynamic clearing" without hesitation or wavering, put an end to paralysis and carelessness, strictly prevent "running and leaking", control key areas and key groups, and cut off the chain of epidemic transmission.

It is necessary to focus on key process links, organize and implement scientifically and finely, prevent extreme and mechanized policy implementation, and prevent layers of overweight.

More than 550,000 local infected people since April

The number of local epidemic areas and cities slightly decreased from March

　　Wu Liangyou, deputy director of the National Health Commission's Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that since April, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have reported a total of 553,251 local infections, affecting all provinces except Tibet.

In general, the recent national epidemic mainly has the following characteristics:

　　The first is to continue to present a multi-faceted and wide-ranging situation.

In April, a total of 261 prefectures and cities in 31 provinces reported local epidemics. The number of prefectures and cities reporting local epidemics was slightly lower than that in March, but it was still at a high level.

　　The second is the coexistence of large-scale and scattered clustered epidemics.

The national epidemic situation is still dominated by large-scale epidemics in Shanghai and Jilin Province, and the number of reported infections in these two places accounts for more than 95% of the national total.

Except for Tibet where no cases were reported, and a few provinces such as Chongqing and Ningxia only reported individual sporadic cases, the rest of the provinces have local clustered outbreaks.

　　The third is to continue to present the complex situation of multi-point, multi-source and multi-chain.

There are many chains of epidemic transmission in many provinces. There are both spillovers from other provinces and epidemics with unclear local sources, which increases the complexity and arduousness of epidemic prevention and control.

Normalized nucleic acid testing has been carried out in Chaoyang District, Beijing.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu

Beijing and other provinces handled the epidemic situation actively and effectively

The overall epidemic situation in Shanghai shows a clear downward trend

　　Wu Liangyou introduced that at present, Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Anhui, Jiangxi, Beijing and other provinces are actively and effectively handling the epidemic.

The epidemic situation in Jilin Province continues to decline. The epidemic situation in Jilin City has entered the stage of clearing positive quarantine points, and the epidemic situation in Changchun City has entered the clearing stage of closed control areas.

The overall epidemic situation in Shanghai shows a clear downward trend, and the social epidemic risk is gradually reducing, but the prevention and control situation is still severe, and the task of preventing rebound and spillover is very arduous.

　　He said that the May 1st holiday is coming, and my country will continue to face greater pressure on foreign defense imports in the near future, and the risk of local epidemics is still high.

my country's treatment experience is effective for the Omik army

　　Guo Yanhong, Inspector of the Medical Administration and Hospital Administration Bureau of the National Health and Health Commission, said that over the past two years, the treatment experience we have accumulated has been effective in treating the infection of the Omicron variant.

In particular, we have specially issued the ninth edition of the New Coronary Pneumonia Diagnosis and Treatment Plan based on the medical treatment practice in the past two years and the characteristics of the Omicron variant, and strengthened the training of medical institutions and medical personnel at all levels. To guide our clinical medical treatment work.

High-speed rail train.

Photo courtesy of Wuhan Railway Bureau

Can I travel during the May Day holiday?

Ministry of Culture and Tourism: Prevent "relaxed prevention and control" and "excessive prevention and control"

　　In response to the question of whether it is possible to travel during the "May 1st" holiday, Li Xiaoyong, deputy director of the Market Management Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, said that the two tendencies of "relaxing prevention and control" and "excessive prevention and control" should be resolutely prevented and avoided, and cultural and Tourism industry epidemic prevention and control and holiday market work.

　　He said that it is necessary to strictly implement the requirements of travel agencies to organize groups, not to organize groups to travel to medium and high-risk areas, not to undertake tour groups from medium and high-risk areas, and not to organize tourists from medium and high-risk areas to travel.

Strictly do a good job in epidemic prevention and control management in all aspects of tourism, require travel agencies to conduct safety risk assessments on tourism products, reasonably control the size of the team, and do a good job in information collection, health inspection, and temperature monitoring of tourists.

　　Li Xiaoyong reminded that tourists should pay close attention to the domestic epidemic situation and changes in medium and high-risk areas, do not travel to medium and high-risk areas, and understand the prevention and control policies of departure and destination in advance.

National passenger traffic during the May 1st holiday may drop by about 60% compared with last year

　　Zhou Min, deputy director of the Emergency Response Office of the Ministry of Transport, said that according to forecasts, the passenger flow during the May Day holiday this year will drop significantly compared with last year.

It is estimated that the national passenger volume during the holiday is 100 million, with an average of 20 million passengers per day, a decrease of about 62% compared with the same period in 2021.

　　The May Day holiday is from April 30 to May 4, a total of 5 days, and the toll road for small passenger vehicles with 7 seats or less is free of tolls.

It should be noted that the free passage of the expressway is subject to the time when the vehicle leaves the toll lane at the exit.

Data map: Citizens travel.

Photo by Lu Yang

Affected by the epidemic, the travel plan changes, can the ticket be refunded?

　　Affected by the epidemic in some areas, some passengers' travel plans will be temporarily changed during the May Day holiday, and they need to apply for refunds.

In this regard, Zhu Wenzhong, deputy director of the passenger transportation department of the National Railway Group, said that in the event of an outbreak in some areas, the railway department will adjust the train operation plan in a timely manner according to the local government's prevention and control policies, and stop and reduce the number of trains departing from the epidemic-related areas. Temporary measures such as shortening the train operating section, optimizing the train operating path, and adjusting the business handling of relevant stations have been taken to avoid the epidemic to prevent the spread of the epidemic through railways.

　　He introduced that when the train is out of service, the 12306 system will send SMS notifications to passengers to remind them.

At the same time, in accordance with relevant policies, measures to waive refund fees will be introduced in a timely manner, and an announcement will be made to the public.

Passengers and friends can refund tickets through the Internet, self-service ticketing terminals, station manual windows, etc. The railway 12306 website and mobile client will provide 24-hour refund services.

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