It is known from the Prevention and Control Headquarters against Covid-19 of Dongxing City, Guangxi province, that the pandemic in Dongxing City has been cleared for several consecutive days. Since midnight on April 24, the city has entered the stage of regular and precise prevention and control of the pandemic, and has resumed normal production and life in an orderly manner.
According to Guangxi officials, relevant policies and measures will be introduced to secure wellbeing of Dongxing’s residents and the resumption of work, production and trade. On the basis of good prevention and control of the pandemic, port trade will be opened up in order and resumed gradually, so as to better help stabilize foreign investment, foreign trade, and growth.
Located at the most southwestern end of the coastline of mainland China, separated with Móng Cái, Vietnam, only by a river, Dongxing City is a convenient land route between China and ASEAN countries. It is also an international first-class port and an important port connecting Guangxi with ASEAN, with an annual import and export of millions of tons of goods.
Dongxing City has been under the spotlight recently due to a surge of local asymptomatic patients. On April 12, the number of new local asymptomatic patients in the city suddenly increased to 69, followed by more than 100 new infected patients on two consecutive days, with 55 cases on April 15th. Afterwards, the new-added local infected patients declined for several days.
Since the outbreak of this round of the pandemic in Dongxing City, the local government has strictly and meticulously conducted work in response to the pandemic. Since April 19, Dongxing City has seen the elimination of cases in society for several consecutive days, the basic blockade in community transmission chain, and effective prevention and control of the pandemic.
Local officials said they will combine the actual epidemic prevention and control in the small border town,adopt dynamic monitoring, dynamic management and control and dynamic disposal measures to steadily resume work and production, business and markets, classes, and restore transportation in an orderly manner.
Reprinted from: China Transportation News Network