When the epidemic has become the norm, the whole society and even our work and life have undergone great changes, and even for some countries or individuals, the epidemic has brought great changes to them. Although the situation is still tense locally, most countries and cities are relatively stable. Today, Quadranteco will join you to focus on recent events related to COVID-19.
The global number of coronavirus cases and deaths has increased for the first time in two months, as the number of novel coronavirus infections in Europe has risen for the third consecutive week, the WHO said at a briefing on 28 October. Maria van Kerhoff, who's technical director for COVID-19, said: 'The changing Delta mutation strain and the coming winter have the potential to cause another outbreak. As we move into winter, when people tend to spend more time indoors, in close quarters, possibly in poorly ventilated rooms, there will be a corresponding increase in confirmed cases.' This phenomenon of gathering indoors for a long time in winter is also common in many parts of Our country. We suggest that people pay more attention to ventilation in winter and breathe fresh air outdoors as much as possible. The epidemic has greatly affected people's travel, especially overseas travel, which has directly affected the consumer market in many famous tourist cities.
Kyoto has been rated as "The World's Top 10 Best Cities to visit" by the famous American travel magazine for many years, with more than 10 million tourists for many years, and the beauty of the four seasons there makes people forget to return. However, the number of visitors to Kyoto, Japan, plummeted due to the pandemic, dropping to 450,000 in 2020. In June, Mayor Daisaku Monkawa said Kyoto was so heavily in debt that it could go bankrupt within 10 years. Tourism accounts for 14 percent of Kyoto's GROSS domestic product, about three times the Japanese average. The sudden reduction of tourists has affected the income of local restaurants and hotels, with many restaurant operators reporting difficulties or even shutting down. Hotels have also struggled, with the average price of a room at Kyoto hotel dropping from about 600 yuan per day in March 2019 to a third of that now. In hotels near Kyoto, rates have also dropped by 30 to 40 percent. Some hotels in Kyoto have been looking for acquisitions in the past two years, some are directly planning to sell, some will be converted into apartments to rent. The impact of the epidemic is too big for us. We hope the situation will improve in the near future, and we can go abroad and enjoy the beautiful scenery around the world like before.
When the epidemic situation improves and travel is workable, we will not only be able to travel around the world, but also welcome people to enjoy the landscape of our country and experience special tourism. In the tourist resort of Yunnan Province, there is such a beautiful city, where the scenery is absolutely beautiful, less gorgeous than Lijiang, more simple than Dali, it is Ruili. This city has many famous scenic spots of original ecology, and the jade articles here are famous both at home and abroad. Historically, Ruili is not only the source of Jadeite in China, but also the main channel and distribution center of jadeite entering China. However, since September 2020, several rounds of the epidemic broke out in Yunnan, and Ruili pressed the pause button four times, leaving this beautiful border city scarred by the epidemic. Since the end of March, Ruili has imposed strict control measures, shutting down factories and restaurants and temporarily closing jewelry markets. Students have been unable to attend school for almost seven months. The normal rhythm of people's life, work and study has been disrupted or even interrupted.
On the early morning of October 29, Ruili held a press conference to report that a total of 19 local cases had been detected in the past month. Since July, Ruili has detected 716 COVID-19 positive cases among overseas returnees, with the recent positive detection rate exceeding 20%. This small city, with a permanent population of less than 300,000, has experienced many hardships under the epidemic. However, thanks to the strict prevention and control of Ruili, no cases of the epidemic spread to the province or outside the province. We should remember Ruili's great efforts to fight the epidemic! At present, various measures for the livelihood of the city have been gradually implemented, for the needy people to provide relief; Daily necessities such as rice, noodles, cooking oil, meat and vegetables, as well as epidemic prevention materials such as masks and disinfectants will be distributed to permanent residents and migrants in need. Students are also making orderly arrangements to resume school. We cheer for this beautiful city together, wish she can restore the past life track and lively scene as soon as possible.
Nowadays, the world is still a serious epidemic, which is one of the world's people have to face reality, and among them, the epidemic prevention and control of China can be said to be the best in the world, under the leadership of the Chinese government, control the outbreak, the first time in our country and made many perfect in subsequent epidemic prevention and control measures, and make the whole country the outbreak of the lowest risk. On October 30, Academician Zhong Nanshan brought us a piece of good news: although there were small-scale clusters and sporadic cases in some parts of China, it was believed that they could be effectively controlled in less than one month.
As long as the whole people cooperate and fight the epidemic together, we believe that the epidemic will be defeated by us! We should act together, do not gather in crowds, do not travel far, do good personal hygiene, keep indoor air circulation, use antibacterial hand sanitizer to wash hands frequently, wear masks. Our joint efforts, is the strongest weapon against the epidemic!
