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Message to foreigners in Shanxi

Updated: Feb 3, 2020 shanxi.chinadaily.com.cn Print
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Dear friends,

To cope with the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee and the People's Government of Shanxi Province have made comprehensive deployment on its prevention and control after launching the highest-level (level one) public health response on January 24, 2020. The Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Shanxi hereby sends the following message to the foreign friends living and traveling in Shanxi.

1. Reduce or avoid outdoor activities. Please stay away from crowds, and cancel parties, group dinners and other group activities. Keep a distance of more than 1 meter when talking with others. After returning home, immediately wash your hands with hand sanitizer and running water, or use the hand disinfectant containing alcohol. When you come back from the hospital, take a shower and change your clothes first.

2. Please keep good personal hygiene. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or flexed elbow when coughing or sneezing. Please wear a mask when going out and properly dispose the used mask. Please keep your room clean and open the window for fresh air. Please avoid unprotected contact with wild animals or birds. Cut eating cold and undercooked food. Have thoroughly cooked food and drink hot water.

3. Please measure body temperature on a regular basis. When such symptoms as fever, cough, breathing difficulty, or general weakness occur, please wear a mask and seek medical care right away at designated hospitals.

4. To better prevent and control the outbreak, protect the health of you and your family, we kindly remind you to pay close attention to the relevant information and preventive measures released by the Authorities of the Central Government and Shanxi Provincial Government and take preventive measures.

5. Please follow the WeChat account of Shanxi Health Commission by searching "jksxgw" and the official website "http://wjw.shanxi.gov.cn" to obtain the latest updates of the disease, information of designated hospitals for patients with the novel coronavirus, preventive measures and important notices. We attached the contact detail of the duty office of each city for disease control and prevention. 24-H English service line in Shanxi Provincial Foreign Affairs Office is 0351-4048572.

 

Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Shanxi Province

January 29, 2020

For more information:

http://wsb.shanxi.gov.cn/zwxxgk/xxgkndml/xwzx/zwyw/341123.shtml

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