Guangdong has confirmed 48 new pneumonia cases by January 26th, pushing the total number of infected patients to 146. Meizhou and Shanwei report their first cases respectively.

Guangzhou, Shenzhen Donguan and Zhongshan published announcements yesterday that the city will not be locked down.

According to Guangzhou government, body temperature checks have been enforced at public places including airport, train stations, ports and highway checkpoints to limit virus spread.

Guangzhou Commerce Bureau: virus has no influence on food supply

Guangzhou Commerce Bureau said most markets in the city saw high demand for food as citizens are told to stay at home during the holiday. But there is no need for panic buying as the supply of daily necessities is sufficient and the price remains stable in the wholesale markets.

According to the bureau’s statistics, the vegetable trade volume of Jiangnan vegetable market reached about 44.9 million kilos while the trade volume of Huangsha seafood market and Guangzhou fish market reached about 350 tons.

Guangzhou does not purchase pork from Wuhan directly. The pork sold in the city mainly comes from Henan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan as well as places in Guangdong including Xinxing, Qingyuan and Gaoming.

As for food storage, Guangzhou owns about 80-thousand-ton frozen meat (60-day consumption of the city), 64-thousand-ton frozen duck and chicken (42-day consumption of the city) and about 1.5-million-ton grain ( a-year consumption of the city).

China extends Spring Festival holiday to contain coronavirus outbreak

China announced Monday that the Lunar New Year holiday will be extended to Feb. 2 as a measure to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The General Office of the State Council said in an announcement that the measure is taken to effectively reduce mass gatherings, block the spread of the epidemic, and to better safeguard the safety and health of the Chinese people.

The holiday started on Jan. 24 and was originally to end on Jan. 30.

Universities, primary and middle schools and kindergartens across the country will postpone the opening of the spring semester until further notice.

Employees unable to take leave due to epidemic prevention and control can take deferred holidays in accordance with the labor Law. Their wages and remuneration for the untaken leave should be paid in accordance with relevant policies.

Source: Newsgd.com & Xinhua