China News Service, Guangzhou, March 26 (Reporter Cai Minjie) It is another year of Qingming, and many places in Guangdong have recently updated or issued new notices. During the Qingming period, on-site sacrifice and sweeping activities have been suspended in many places, and they will be opened moderately after the epidemic is lifted and a comprehensive assessment is made.
The Guangdong Provincial Department of Civil Affairs previously held a video conference on the province’s Qingming Festival sweeping work in 2022. The meeting emphasized that all localities should, in accordance with the requirements of the Provincial New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Command Office, implement district-level and precise prevention and control measures, and strictly manage the personnel in the service places.
According to statistics over the years, nearly 6 million people participate in the on-site ritual sweeping during the Qingming Festival in Guangzhou every year, of which nearly 2 million people from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other cities return to Guangzhou to worship their ancestors. , small space, high density”, the risk of cluster infection may be extremely high.
Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau announced on the 26th that under the situation that the current situation of epidemic prevention and control in Guangzhou is still severe and complicated, and local cases are scattered in many places, the city’s Qingming Festival sweeps a zoning and grading system.
Among them, funeral service institutions in Liwan District, Panyu District, Conghua District and other jurisdictions have opened on-site sacrifice sweeping since March 27, and citizens can go to the scene to worship at the appointment time; Yuexiu District, Haizhu District, and Tianhe District, where local epidemics have recently occurred , Baiyun District and other jurisdictions, funeral services are temporarily closed for on-site sacrifice sweeps, and will be opened moderately after the epidemic is lifted and a comprehensive assessment is made.
On the same day, the WeChat public account of the Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau launched the “Guangzhou Qingming Festival Sweeping Reservation Platform”, through which citizens can make reservations for on-site ritual sweeping from March 27 to April 30. During the period, if there are new local confirmed cases, the appointment and on-site funeral service of the funeral service institutions within the jurisdiction will be immediately stopped, and the dynamic adjustment will be made according to the development of the local epidemic situation.
In addition to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhaoqing, Shanwei and other places have successively released news of Qingming Festival sweeps, and people in some areas can conduct online memorials through “cloud sacrifice sweeps”. (over)Return to Sohu, see more
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