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Tianjin Public Security Bureau guard against the virus at the city’s gateway

(exploringtianjin.com)

Updated: 2020-04-07

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Airport staff handling the passenger customs clearance process.

Tianjin Public Security Bureau is offering assistance as part of frontline efforts to curb surging imported infections at the Tianjin Binhai New Area International Airport.

Since March 21, the bureau has arranged staff to be on duty 24 hours a day to facilitate the airport’s handling of inbound flights passengers, help with the orderly running of the airport, and be ready to handle emergencies.

The measure was taken after a notice issued by five government departments that named Tianjin as one of the first three airports (over the next three days this number grew to 12) to help accommodate rerouted inbound flights scheduled for the nearby Beijing.  

On March 23, three days after the notice, Binhai International Airport received five diverted international flights carrying 2,000 passengers, which no doubt posed a challenge to the airport.

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Designated section for handling quarantine of passengers with symptoms.

Over 30 staff from the bureau worked a consecutive six-hour rotation from dawn, facilitating health inspections, customs clearances and baggage claims of the passengers on the first flight, CA982 from New York. 

As they were busy with the first one, the second diverted flight came in. This was the CA988 from Los Angeles, complete with 390 people, of which five were found to have a fever.

The staff liaised with health screening colleagues and led the passengers suffering fever through the inspection and quarantine process, dealing with them properly according to the rules.

 "We worked together with various departments such as customs to communicate orders, and deployed on-site police forces to obtain the information from relevant departments and respond to emergencies at the fastest speed,”a member of the bureau said.

Confirmed novel coronavirus cases are sent to local designated hospitals, while those with symptoms or having had close contact with confirmed cases are sent to designated quarantine areas in the city.

The staff have studied the application of foreigner-related laws closely in a bid to handle cases efficiently according to the law, and use their foreign language skills to convey anti-epidemic measures to foreign nationals who land at the airport.

By last Friday, Tianjin had handled 30 diverted flights, the largest number among the 12 cities which were designated as first points of entry for capital-bound flights.

And by yesterday, the port city had reported a total of 44 imported cases of COVID-19 (40 of Chinese nationality, two American, one French and one from the Philippines). Of them, 18 were discharged from hospital after recovery and 26 are being treated, according to the Tianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Blurred glass after a long shift on duty.

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An airport staff member raises a salute to the Tianjin Public Security Bureau staff at Binhai International Airport.


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