- From 00:00 to 12:00 of April 17, there were no new local and imported confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chongqing and also no new asymptomatic infected patient.
- Ten city-level departments in Chongqing jointly launched four special activities of Patriotic Health Month.
- Chongqing's public restrooms must be cleaned at least once a day.
- Masks should be incinerated at a high temperature of over 850 ℃ (1562 ℉).
Chongqing- The 67th press conference of COVID-19's prevention and control was held on April 17, 2020. There are three imported cases of COVID-19 (one from Spain, one from the United States, and one from Burma), and all three patients are treated in the hospital. Besides, there are 17 asymptomatic infected cases under medical observation.
Chongqing to launch the activity of Patriotic Health Month
In April of this year, Chongqing will launch a patriotic health month activity on the theme of Epidemic prevention with Me to Promote Love and Health. Organized by ten municipal departments, it highlights department linkages.
Organized by ten municipal departments, Chongqing will launch an event of Patriotic Health Month this April.
Faced with the special situation of epidemic prevention and control, this year's Patriotic Health Month event in Chongqing highlighted the history of the patriotic health activities and promoted the spirit of patriotism. Meanwhile, the event highlighted the prevention and control of infectious diseases and environmental improvement. Also, it highlighted the issues that responded to the masses' special concerns and carry out health science popularization and social mobilization.
Currently, districts and counties in Chongqing have responded positively and carried out activities with rich content, diverse forms, and unique characteristics.
Chongqing's public restrooms must be cleaned at least once a day
In urban Chongqing, the sanitation cleaning mechanization operation rate reached 90%, keeping the main roads and collector streets clean and orderly.
Meanwhile, those places where the machine can't go easily will be cleaned by other methods, such as human sweeping, water flushing, and scrubbing, to keep the city clean and tidy. During the entire epidemic, 55,000 sanitation workers in Chongqing were active in front-line jobs every day and sanitation operations. The staff presence rate is over 90%.
uring the entire epidemic, 55,000 sanitation workers in Chongqing were active in front-line jobs every day and sanitation operations
At the same time, for key sanitation facilities, such as public restrooms, garbage depots, and garbage vehicles, sanitation workers have stepped up efforts to clean them. Particularly, for the management of public restrooms in urban Chongqing, they must be concentrated cleaned or wiped at least once a day. The public frequently-touched areas should be disinfected at least twice daily. During the epidemic situation, Chongqing cleaned and disinfected about 43,000 public restrooms, garbage stations, and sanitation vehicles every day.
In addition to the implementation of the usual cleaning standards during the epidemic, the Chongqing City Administration Bureau also issued relevant standards for detailed environmental sanitation operations to strengthen the protection and control of sanitation workers. From the outbreak to the present, sanitation workers have maintained zero infection.
How to dispose of waste masks? Burn them away with 850 ℃
When the epidemic began, Chongqing immediately started the construction of a special system for discarded masks. At present, Chongqing is equipped with 58,000 special collection containers for waste masks (22,000 in the urban area) and 169 special transport vehicles (45 in the urban area). Chongqing keeps insisting on the special vehicles to be collected and transported separately and implemented through the incinerator at a high temperature of more than 850 ℃. Masks were processed as soon as they were received, and the virus was blocked on time, not overnight. According to data, 47 tons of waste masks (21 tons in the urban area) that have been harmlessly processed into the domestic garbage system have been collected and shipped harmlessly.
Chongqing immediately started the construction of a special system for discarded masks. At present, Chongqing is equipped with 58,000 special collection containers for waste masks (22,000 in the urban area) and 169 special transport vehicles (45 in the urban area)
At the same time, the city has accumulatively disposed 1,830 tons of domestic waste at home isolation points (187 tons in the urban area). Chongqing's daily domestic garbage collection and transportation volume increased from the lowest of about 16,000 tons during the epidemic period to about 20,000 tons per day (urban city reaches about 9,000 tons per day). Moreover, the urban Chongqing's restaurant garbage collection and transportation volume are 100 tons per day, currently rising to more than 900 tons. The municipal solid waste should be daily produced and cleaned, with the harmless treatment rate should be maintained at 100%. Besides, the municipal solid waste incineration and utilization of kitchen waste in urban Chongqing are at the forefront of China.