Beijing Government Writes a Letter to Foreigners in the City
Today, the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Beijing Municipality penned a letter to non-Chinese citizens currently in the city. It was sent out via their official account 北京外事. The English part is copied verbatim below.
A Letter to Non-Chinese Citizen Visitors in Beijing from the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Beijing Municipality
January 31st, 2020
Dear friends:
Beijing
Municipality declared the highest level of public health emergency on
January 24th, in response to the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the
novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Epidemic prevention and control measures
are being taken in an orderly manner. Hereby, we wish to bring the
following matters to your special attention.
First,
follow official information. Please follow closely the information
published on the official website of the People’s Government of Beijing
Municipality (www.beijing.gov.cn), Beijing Daily and its news app, Weibo
account of the Information Office of Beijing Municipal People’s
Government “北京发布”, and WeChat official account of Beijing Municipal
Health Bureau “健康北京”.
Second,
take precautions. Please cooperate with us in our prevention and
control efforts, avoid going to crowded places or public gatherings, and
wear medical masks (for surgical purposes) if the necessity of going
arises. Stay at home and inform your community authority if you have
visited seriously infected areas or had contact with those coming (or
returning) from these areas to Beijing.
Third,
seek timely medical help. As of now, we have designated 101 fever
clinics and 20 dedicated pneumonia hospitals at the municipal and
district levels (list attached below). Please seek prompt medical
attention at fever clinics if you have symptoms of fever, cough, chest
tightness, fatigue, etc.
Fourth,
stay connected. Call 12345 to learn more about the pneumonia outbreak.
Eight foreign languages are available, including English, French,
German, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Arabic, among which
English service is available 24 hours.
Beijing
is our common home. Let’s join hands for the prevention and control of
the viral pneumonia and safeguard the health of all Chinese and
non-Chinese citizens in Beijing.
Foreign Affairs Office
The People's Government of Beijing Municipality
The letter follows with the list of 101 official secondary and tertiary medical institutions with fever clinics in Beijing. We have published this list previously here.
In addition to the list above, the letter also provided a list of the 20 designated hospitals in Beijing for pneumonia caused by the 2019-nCov as follows:
Chaoyang District: Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University 首都医科大学附属北京地坛医院
Fengtai District: Beijing You'an Hospital, Capital Medical University 首都医科大学附属北京佑安医院
Fengtai District: Beijing 302nd Hospital (AKA 5th Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital) 北京302医院（解放军总医院第五医学中心）
Chaoyang District: Chuiyangliu Hospital 北京市垂杨柳医院
Dongcheng District: Beijing Puren Hospital 北京市普仁医院
Xicheng District: Beijing Huimin (Minority) Hospital 北京市回民医院
Haidian District: Beijing Haidian Hospital 北京市海淀医院
Shunyi District: Beijing Shunyi District Hospital 北京市顺义区医院
Tongzhou District: Beijing Luhe Hospital北京潞河医院
Fengtai District: Beijing Fengtai Integrative Medicine Hospital 北京市丰台中西医结合医院
Shijingshan District: Yanqing District Hospital 北京市延庆区医院
Mentougou District: Beijing Jingmei Hospital 北京京煤集团总医院
Mentougou District: Beijing Mentougou District Hospital 北京市门头沟区医院
Fangshan District: Bejing Fangshan Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Hospital 北京房山区结核病防治院
Changping District: Beijing Changping District Hospital 北京市昌平区医院
Daxing District: Beijing Daxing People's Hospital 北京市大兴区人民医院
Huairou District: Beijing Huairou Hospital 北京怀柔医院
Pinggu District: Beijing Friendship Hospital, Pinggu Branch 北京友谊医院平谷医院
Miyun District: Beijing Miyun District Hospital 北京市密云区医院
Yanqing District: Beijing Yanqing District Hospital 北京市延庆区医院
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