Ministry of Transport: It is expected that the number of passengers daily during the Mid -Autumn Festival holiday will decrease by 32% year -on -year

Cover news reporter Shao Meng

On September 8th, the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference to introduce the relevant situation of science and accuracy of the prevention and control of the epidemic. Zhou Yan, deputy director of the Emergency Office of the Ministry of Transport, said that after comprehensive research and judgment, it is expected that about 24 million passengers will be sent nationwide during the Mid -Autumn Festival holiday, a year -on -year decrease of 32%and a decrease of 53%from 2019. Affected by the epidemic situation and the prevention and control policies of various places, the radius of the crowd during the holidays will be significantly shortened compared with normal times. The local tour, surrounding tour, short -distance tourism in the "suburban rural tourism, urban leisure tour" will not appear. peak.

On September 8th, the press conference of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council. Cover reporter Shao Meng Photography

Zhou Yan pointed out that the transportation department will make a good job of preventing and controlling the prevention and control of the epidemic and transportation services to ensure the safety, health and convenient travel of passengers.

The first is to strengthen the protection of transportation organization. Scientifically allocate urban and rural capacity, increase the operation of key areas, encrypted operations, extend the operation time, strengthen the service guarantee capabilities of station, airports, and tourist attractions, and unblock the "last mile" of travel. At the same time, actively carry out services such as customized passenger transportation, networking tickets, electronic tickets, optimize group service measures such as the elderly, and further improve the public travel experience.

The second is to strengthen the prevention and control of passenger epidemic. Urges passenger stations and passenger operators to strictly carry out stations and vehicle disinfection and ventilation in accordance with regulations, and conduct temperature testing codes for passengers. The front -line practitioners implement nucleic acid testing twice a week and strengthen personal protection. We will strengthen the prevention and control measures for epidemic affairs, control the accumulation of passenger stations and vehicle personnel, strictly do a good job of testing negative certification and information registration in accordance with regulations, further improve the emergency plan, and properly and effectively dispose of an emergency epidemic.

The third is to strengthen safety emergency management. Supervise the relevant operating units to strictly implement the safety management of the passenger transport site station, strengthen staff training and vehicle maintenance before the holidays, pay close attention to the situation of extreme weather, strengthen dynamic monitoring during the operation, strengthen safety management throughout the chain, according to early warning information and relevant regulations. It should be stopped, the level should be closed, and it is resolutely eliminated for illegal driving and in danger -related operations, and effectively protects the safety of passengers' travel.

Zhou Yan reminded that during the holidays, you must choose a regular and legal transportation, enter the passenger station station and take public transportation, please wear a mask throughout the journey, consciously maintain social distance, do personal protection, cooperate with body temperature testing, health code, Check, information registration and other work. Work together to create a safe, healthy and orderly travel environment.

Zhou Yan, deputy director of the Emergency Office of the Ministry of Transport. Picture source: China Net

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