Sincere greetings and happy Chinese New Year to you all from the Foreign Affairs Office of Jiaxing Municipal People's Government!

The novel coronavirus must be what you've heard quite often recently. The Level I response to major public health emergencies was activated in Zhejiang Province on 23rd January in response to the epidemic. As of now, a total of 7 orders has been issued by Jiaxing Municipal Disease Prevention and Control Leadership Group. For the sake of your health and the health of your family and friends, please do as recommended:

1. Those who've recently visited or come back from Wuhan and the wider Hubei Province must stay at home for 14 days. During this period, you must keep in contact with your health care providers so that they could understand whether you are sick and what kind of care you need.

2. Go out less. Staying at home is recommended. Keep your room ventilated and clean. Avoid large indoor gatherings. Fewer family gatherings and parties.

3. When going outdoors or visiting public spaces, please take the the necessary steps. For example, correctly wear face masks and properly deal with single-use face masks among other medical wastes.

4. Don't believe rumors, let alone spread them. Please promptly reach out to 0573-12345 any time when you find people in your neighborhood who are supposed to be quarantined but are not.

5. If you come down with fever and respiratory symptoms, please seek medical diagnosis and treatment in the following designated hospitals for novel coronavirus: The First Hospital of Jiaxing, the First People's Hospital of Jiashan, the First People’s Hospital of Pinghu, the People's Hospital of Haiyan, the First People's Hospital of Haining, the First People's Hospital of Tongxiang.

6. To contain the spread of the virus, the General Office of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province published a notice on 27th January. It says no business in the province should start working until 24:00, 9th February. No school, university, college at various levels should begin a new semester until 17th February. The notice should be strictly followed.

Thanks again for your continued support for Jiaxing. Let's join hands together to overcome this daunting challenge and protect our homeland.

　　Foreign Affairs Office,

　　Jiaxing Municipal People's Government

　　30th, January 2020