Recently, Zhejiang, Shandong, Anhui and other places have issued notices saying that entering key public places such as hospitals, supermarkets, and stations will check the COVID-19 vaccination status. On July 14, the reporter contacted the Ningguo Municipal Health Commission. St

Pengpai News reporter Li Xiaoxiao

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Recently, Zhejiang, Shandong, Anhui and other places have issued notices saying that entering key public places such as hospitals, supermarkets, and stations will check the COVID-19 vaccination status. The news was interpreted as "no access to public places without vaccination", which sparked discussions from the outside world.

The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) reporter noticed that on July 13, Ningguo City, Anhui Province, mentioned that from July 14, people entering and leaving shopping malls, supermarkets, farmers' markets, hotels and catering units, stations and public transportation, cultural and entertainment venues, medical institutions, nursing homes, training institutions, government halls and other public places will be carried out throughout the city.

The above-mentioned Ningguo Municipal Health Commission staff emphasized that the document requires the inspection of vaccination in public places. For , "If you have not received the vaccine, you will be reminded to go to the vaccine as soon as possible", but you will not be allowed to enter and exit public places because you have not received the vaccine. As long as you have a green code and come from low-risk areas, you can still freely enter and exit these public places.

Also on July 13, Xiuning County , which is the same as Ningguo City, also issued a notice stating that from August 1, people entering and leaving supermarkets, vegetable markets, banks, hotels, cinemas, hospitals, pharmacies, barber shops, government halls and other public places, as well as citizens taking buses, will carry out COVID-19 vaccination inspection (Ankang Code) work across the county.

Regarding the above notice, staff from Xiuning County Epidemic Prevention and Control Office said that the policy will be implemented after August 1. Before that, residents who are really not suitable for can go to the vaccination site with their ID card, inform them of the reasons, and issue a vaccination taboo certificate. Before August 1st, you can just get the first shot, and you will not be affected if you don’t get the second shot.

The above-mentioned Xiuning County staff said that it is not clear why Xiuning County is implementing the vaccine inspection and vaccination policy. However, staff of Ningguo Municipal Health Commission mentioned that the relevant documents are mainly to promote vaccination work. Only by all vaccinating can the establishment of an immune barrier. The current vaccination rate of is not enough. "Anyway, there are relatively few people who have been vaccinated recently."

Pengpai News reporter also contacted the Anhui Provincial Epidemic Prevention and Control Office and the Xuancheng Epidemic Prevention and Control Office under Ningguo City . Staff members suggested directly consulting the local epidemic prevention and control office or document publishing unit.

The staff of Xuancheng Epidemic Prevention and Control Office emphasized that epidemic prevention and control is local management, and each region is different. Each territorial formulates its own policies, and does not issue a unified notice and then implement it. It is recommended to directly consult the local epidemic prevention and control office for relevant situations. At present, Xuancheng has not seen any relevant notices.

The reporter noticed that some regions have changed the documents on checking the COVID-19 vaccination work in public places.

Previously, Ninghai County, Ningbo, Zhejiang announced on July 11 that starting from July 25, in principle, people who have not received the new crown vaccine (except for contraindications) will not be allowed to enter key places such as inpatient departments, nursing homes, schools (kindergartens, nurseries, off-campus training institutions), libraries, museums, prisons, etc.

However, on July 12, the file released by Ninghai County deleted these contents, and only emphasized that it was required to implement "two-code joint check" of the health code and the Phnom Penh logo code after COVID-19 vaccination in places with dense crowds.

In addition, according to a report by China Radio International on July 13, staff of the Dingnan County Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiangxi Province said in response to "In principle, people who have not been vaccinated with the new coronavirus vaccine will not be allowed to enter key public places such as supermarkets, hospitals, schools, and stations": "It is impossible to force vaccination, it is just to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm. The document also says it is 'in principle', and the specific details depend on the final implementation."

Editor in charge: Wang Jie

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