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
Jan 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 hours), 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)
