A letter to foreign nationals in Anhui

A Letter from Foreign Affairs Office of Anhui Provincial People’s Government to Foreign Nationals in Anhui

—— A Letter from Foreign Affairs Office of Anhui Provincial People’s Government to Foreign Nationals in Anhui

Dear foreign nationals in Anhui province:

To cope with the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Anhui province launched the highest-level (level one) public health response on January 24, 2020. The CPC Anhui Provincial Committee and the People’s Government of Anhui Province have attached high importance to and made comprehensive deployment on prevention and control. The Foreign Affairs Office of Anhui Provincial People’s Government hereby sends the following message to foreign nationals living and traveling in Anhui:

1.Keep good personal hygiene.

Please keep good personal hygiene habits. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or flexed elbow when coughing or sneezing. Clean your hands with soap and water or alcohol-based hand rub. Please wear a surgical mask when going out and dispose the used mask to designated garbage bin. Please keep the room clean with proper ventilation. Please avoid unprotected contact with wild or farm animals. Drink more hot water and eat thoroughly cooked food instead of raw or undercooked one.

2. Reduce or avoid outdoor activities.

Minimize outdoor activities, avoid poorly-ventilated or crowded places, and cancel group activities such as gatherings and dinings.

3. Seek medical care early.

If you have fever, cough, fatigue, or difficulty breathing, seek medical care immediately at a designated medical institution with a mask on (see the attached list of medical institutions with fever clinics).

4. Join in our mass prevention and control efforts.

In case of recent visit to affected areas or having contact with people from these areas, please report to designated medical institutions or foreign affairs departments as early as possible. Heed personal health more, stay at home for enough rest and reduce outdoor activities. Please support and cooperate with the government, community and medical staff for health information inquiries and collection.

5. Use official updates instead of trusting false and unverified information

Please follow up official information about the epidemic on the Official WeChat Account of Health Commission of Anhui Province. (Please search “健康安徽” in WeChat.）

Attachment:

1. Telephone listing for foreign nationals in Anhui in case of emergencies concerning the epidemic

2. Listing of designated medical institutions on provincial, municipal, and county level for the epidemic(telephone number included)

Foreign Affairs Office of Anhui Provincial People’s Government

January 30, 2020

Attachment 1

Telephone listing for foreign nationals in Anhui in case of emergencies concerning the epidemic

Anhui Foreign Affairs Office： 0551-62703790（24-hour）,18905696606,13615695709

Hefei Foreign Affairs Office： 15605513657,18133696684

Suzhou Foreign Affairs Office： 0557-3038691(workdays)，19955701818, 15955705165

Huaibei Foreign Affairs Office： 0561-3198685, 3198681

Bozhou Foreign Affairs Office： 0558-5555678,18712288816

Fuyang Foreign Affairs Office： 0558-2264592, 13955872808

Bengbu Foreign Affairs Office： 0552-2153561, 13956333993

Huainan Foreign Affairs Office： 0554-6678289, 6678230, 13721127666

Lu’an Foreign Affairs Office： 0564-3379094, 13733018709, 18919799001

Ma’an Shan Foreign Affairs Office：0555-2471751, 18196760910, 18255596290

Anqing Foreign Affairs Office： 18955660429, 0556-5208639（workdays）

Wuhu Foreign Affairs Office： 0553-3832865, 3826363, 18959217560

Tongling Foreign Affairs Office： 0562-5880184, 13955900651, 13955919921

Xuancheng Foreign Affairs Office： 0563-3022748, 18605630075

Chizhou Foreign Affairs Office： 0566-2024271, 15805662646

Huangshan Foreign Affairs Office： 0559-2355262, 13855900462, 18855956288

Chuzhou Foreign Affairs Office： 0550-3023992（workdays），15255050512，13505508975

Attachment 2

Listing of designated medical institutions on provincial, municipal, and county level for the epidemic (telephone number included)

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