On the morning of the 28th, Shaanxi Province announced the closure of the "National Games Village". In the continuous autumn rain, the last group of athletes, referees and media reporters waved goodbye and left one after another.
As the first large-scale comprehensive sports meeting held in China after the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, The 14th National Games ended on the evening of the 27th in Xi’an, Shaanxi, achieving “zero infection” of the epidemic Security goals.
According to the Organizing Committee of the General Assembly, more than 12,000 athletes and more than 10,000 mass athletes participated in the competition during the 14th National Games, more than 11,000 performers participated in the performance, and more than 170,000 Volunteers serve the event.
The 14th National Games has attracted nearly 380,000 spectators, and it is hard to find a ticket for many popular events. Fang Guanghua, vice governor of Shaanxi Province, said that in order to control the number of visitors, the Fourteenth National Games will sell tickets according to 50% of the venue seats.
Given the severe and complex international epidemic situation and the spread of epidemics in China, the effectiveness of epidemic prevention and control is one of the important criteria for measuring the success of large-scale sports events. In order to ensure the safe operation of the 14th National Games, Shaanxi Province implemented prevention and control measures such as classified management and closed-loop management of personnel involved in competitions, vaccination of all members, and nucleic acid testing of all members.
"Take the opening ceremony as an example. This event, attended by nearly 50,000 people, is the largest and most crowded event during the 14th National Games. We require all participants to be vaccinated, 14 before the opening. Day closed management and 48 hours of regular nucleic acid testing."Said Liu Baoqin, director of the Shaanxi Provincial Health Commission and Minister of the Medical and Health Department of the Organizing Committee of the Fourteenth National Games.
According to requirements, all spectators need to complete the entire vaccination, 14 days of health check-in, and provide nucleic acid within 72 hours. Only with a negative test can enter the game.
In order to build an immune barrier, all the people involved in the game, including the spectators, have completed the vaccination, and promoted the vaccine in the area involved in the game. As of September 26, Xi'an has received 22.76 million doses of the new crown vaccine. The coverage rate of the first dose of people over 12 years old reached 99.74%, and the coverage rate of the second dose reached 96.43%.
sports meeting During the period, from the National Games Village to the competition venues, buses shuttled daily to pick up athletes, technical officials, media reporters, and volunteers involved in the competition to ensure that the closed-loop management measures were effective. "The participants arrived in Shaanxi. After that, we implemented point-to-point transfers, group in and out, and special car pick-up and drop-off to ensure their safe activities in the closed management "bubble". Liu Baoqin said.
After the 14th National Games, Shaanxi will usher in the Paralympic Games on October 22. Liu Baoqin said, . Next, we will benchmark the epidemic prevention and control measures of the 14th National Games to ensure that all events are safe and successful.
Source: Xinhua News Agency, the 14th National Games Xi’an Executive Committee
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