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The overall confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland had reached 76,936 by the end of February 22. A total of 2,442 people have died of COVID-19, and altogether 22,888 people have been discharged from hospital after recovery.
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National Development and Reform Commission on Saturday issued a notice to promote the reduction of business-related charges for power and natural gas.
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As of the end of Saturday, Chongqing had reported a total of 573 confirmed cases, combined by 239 currently hospitalized (24 severe cases and ten critical cases), six deaths, and 328 discharged patients.
- Starting from Saturday afternoon, passengers entering or exiting Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport are required to show their Yukangma to the airport staff.
- As of February 21, 66% of the state-level agricultural leading enterprises in Chongqing resumed operation.
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Chongqing issued twelve measures to support new agricultural business entities to overcome difficulties and promote development.
Farmers in Yongxing Village, Xinglong Town of Yubei District, Chongqing, are busy with spring farming on February 22, 2020. (Photo by Yang Xinyu)
Chongqing- As of 24:00 local time on February 22, Chongqing had reported 239 confirmed cases currently hospitalized (24 in severe condition and ten in critical condition), six deaths, and 328 discharged patients after recovery, according to the Chongqing Municipal Health Commission Sunday. All those cases had totaled 573 confirmed cases infected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as of the end of Saturday in Chongqing.
A total of 23,063 people who had close contacts with COVID-19 patients have been traced, 21,854 people have been released from medical observations, and 1,209 people are under medical observations.
Starting from 22 February, all passengers entering or exiting from the Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport are required to show their Yukangma, a health QR code system using big data to ensure citizens’ safe mobility, to the airport staff to scan, getting verification, and be released. One passenger, one code. It's valid for seven days.
66% of agricultural leading enterprises resumed operation
As of February 21, 66% of the state-level agricultural leading enterprises in Chongqing resumed operation, according to Saturday's press conference on epidemic prevention and control. On February 19, Chongqing issued twelve measures, which involved fiscal and taxation support, financial support, production and sales matchmaking, and service guarantee, to support new agricultural business entities to overcome difficulties and promote development.
Spring farming has advanced simultaneously as the fight against COVID-19 goes on. Chongqing has adopted measures from the following four aspects. Strictly implement epidemic prevention and control by area, risk-level, and category; do a good job of preventive actions; guide new agricultural businesses by classification to resume production and work; further enhance district/country director accountability system.
As the resumption of production and work continues, human mobility increases. The general public should not take the epidemic lightly. Stay at home as possible, wear masks in congested areas, wash hands frequently, do not gather, get proper ventilation, exercise moderately, eat properly, have a good rest and etc. If symptoms such as fever, cough, dyspnea, diarrhea, vomiting, muscle soreness occur, stop working immediately and seek medical care in time.
The overall confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland had reached 76,936 by the end of Saturday, and 2,442 people had died of the disease, according to the National Health Commission (NHC) Sunday. A total of 22,888 people had been discharged from the hospital after recovery. By the end of Saturday, 69 confirmed cases including two deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 10 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 26 in Taiwan including one death. Eleven patients in Hong Kong, six in Macao and two in Taiwan have been discharged from hospital after recovery.
According to China Daily, China's top economic regulator on Saturday issued a notice to promote the reduction of business-related charges for power and natural gas, as part of its wider drive to support enterprises to resume work and fight the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak.
The country will lower enterprises 'electricity prices by 5 percent from February 1 to June 30, excluding energy-intensive industries, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in the notice. It is estimated that the price-reduction policy would benefit about 50 million users and reduce the companies' power utilization costs by 59 billion yuan ($8.4 billion) during that period.
According to the NDRC, it will offer more favorable gas prices for agricultural industries, such as chemical fertilizers. And it encourages natural gas production and operation companies to fully negotiate and communicate with gas consumption enterprises in the downstream industry in accordance with market conditions.