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Pictures: Testing in U37 

1) 69 year old woman residing in Taiping Village, Pidu District.

2) 71 year old man residing in Taiping Village, Pidu District.

3) 20 year old girl (who is the granddaughter of patients 1 & 2) who had come from Pidu District and had visited several public spaces over the past days.

4) 71 year old lady residing in Taiping Village and is a direct connection to patient 1.

5) 68 year old woman residing in Taiping Village and is a direct connection to patient 1. 

6) 72 year old woman residing in Taiping Village and is a direct connection to patient 1.

7) 65 year old man residing in Taiping Village. His main area of visit is his workplace Minyang Foreign Language School where he works in the school canteen.

Image: Explanation how the COVID-19 cases are related @四川日报

Per the Chengdu CDC, from December 6 to December 7, the infected girl that visited several places had been to:

• MCC Central Park (中冶中央公园)

• Hilandiao Nail Store (嗨蓝调美甲店)

• Xiaoxiangxiang Spicy Hot Pot (小巷巷麻辣烫)

• Haiwuli Small Bar (海雾里小酒吧)

•Playhouse Club

•Hepburn Club (赫本酒吧)

As of now, all the work staff and customers of the above-mentioned places are required to carry out the nucleic acid detection in a timely manner, and the close contacts shall undergo the centralized quarantine. 

“Although this COVID-19 confirmed case has a large range of activities in Chengdu, the new infection is still in a relatively limited range, there is less possibility that it would cause a large-scale outbreak.” added Luan Rongsheng, a director of Sichuan Health Commission.

Foreign Affairs Office of Sichuan Province Update on the Epidemic of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Sichuan Province. December 9th, 2020.

Briefing on the epidemic 

Latest updates by the Health Commission of Sichuan Province: 

On December 8th, 5 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Chengdu (4 local cases and 1 imported case), while 2 patients had been newly cured and discharged from hospital and no new fatal case or suspected case of COVID-19 was identified in Sichuan Province. 

At present, medium-risk areas in Chengdu include Taiping Village of Pitong Street in Pidu District, Group 8 of Yongan Village of Tangchang Township in Pidu District, Huadu Yunjingtai Community of Cuijiadian Street in Chenghua District, while other parts of Sichuan province were classified as low-risk areas. 

Refund and change of flight tickets

Affected by the epidemic, Sichuan Airlines, Air China, China Eastern, Shandong Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines and other Airlines have released plans for handling refund and change of tickets related to Chengdu routes. Those plans are applicable for tickets related to Chengdu routes bought before December 7th and scheduled from December 7th to December 21st. Those who have bought aforementioned tickets can get detailed information through the hot-lines, official Wechat or Weibo accounts. 

To curb the spreading of the COVID-19 virus, on December 8, Chengdu announced the whole city entering a state of warfare, below are the specific anti-epidemic measures taken in the city:

• Expanding the the scope of free nucleic acid detection in Pidu District, Chengdu City;

• All the work staff, teachers and students of schools in the medium-risk areas are required to undergo a home-based quarantine;

• All personnel entering the terminal of Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport need to have their Health Code checked immediately;

• Teachers and students of 5 local universities/colleges, including Sichuan University of Media and Communications, Xihua University, Sichuan TOP IT Vocational Institute, Southwest Jiaotong University and Chengdu Industry And Trade College, are required to avoid non-essential trips and stay on campus;

Besides, according to the Sichuan Provincial People's Government, Chengdu should take necessary anti-epidemic measures to resolutely block the transmission route of the virus; meanwhile, the relevant departments need to promote economic and social development in a coordinated manner to minimize the impact of the outbreak.

• Most of the clubs seem to be closed today.

If you've visited any of the areas mentioned above, please socially distance and get a test immediately. If you have symptoms, please visit the hospital for a COVID-19 test.

Based on the current epidemic situation, Foreign Affairs Office of Sichuan Province hereby reminds everyone to take personal protection, actively cooperate, and jointly fight the epidemic: 

1. Develop good hygiene habits. Wear masks properly; maintain hand hygiene at all times; pay attention to coughing and sneezing etiquette; do not spit on the ground; open windows frequently for ventilation. 

2. Reduce gathering activities. During the epidemic control periods, please minimize unnecessary gatherings and meals, and try to avoid crowded, cold and humid places with poor air circulation. If you really need to enter these places, please take personal protection and cooperate with the prevention and control measures such as body temperature measurement and presenting Health QR Code. 

3. Pay attention to food hygiene. Wear masks and gloves when buying and processing cold chain food; cooked food should be separated from raw food; meat and eggs should be thoroughly cooked before eating. Serving of individual dishes and using public spoons or chopsticks are encouraged. 

4. Pay close attention to official information. Pay close attention to the official information on the epidemic, do not believe in rumors or spread rumors. All the official information shall prevail. 

5. Actively cooperate and implement prevention and control measures. Actively cooperate with relevant departments’ epidemic prevention and control measures, truthfully report personal whereabouts and history of contact or exposure to investigators and medical staff; go to designated locations for nucleic acid testing. If you have fever, cough and other uncomfortable symptoms, please go to the nearest fever clinic as soon as possible.

Sichuan Province has started coronavirus vaccine emergency use for 12 types of high-risk groups - about 2 million people - with inoculation scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. The public will have access to the vaccine after the upcoming 2021 Chinese Spring Festival begins on February 12. 

According to the local immunization plan, the first batch of high-risk groups includes medical workers providing aid in overseas countries, first-line clinical medics, port workers, students or workers going abroad, workers in the cold-chain food industry, teachers, and COVID-19 screening staff in communities, media reports said. The next batch of people to be given priority for vaccination are vulnerable groups such as the elderly, and they are expected to be vaccinated early next year, Sichuan Daily reported on Tuesday.

Vaccination of the general population is expected to begin after the Lunar New Year in February, depending on the availability of vaccines.

Luan Rongsheng, deputy head of the epidemic control team with the local Ministry of Health, said that if the vaccination rate reaches more than 80 percent among the public, it will be difficult for the virus to circulate again.

It was reported that inactivated COVID-19 vaccines were the main vaccines to be administered in Sichuan. The vaccine costs 200 yuan ($30.62) per dose, the same as the one used in East China's Zhejiang Province for emergency use previously.

Sources: Global Times, 健康成都官微, 四川外事.

We are monitoring the situation closely, and will inform you as soon as we have more information. 

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