On the afternoon of April 28, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the situation related to the strict and practical prevention and control of the epidemic. Relevant responsible comrades of the Ministry of culture and tourism and the National Health Commission, Zhou Min, deputy director of the emergency office of the Ministry of transport, and Zhu Wenzhong, deputy director of the passenger transport department of the state railway group attended and answered questions from the media.
The reporter learned that since April, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps have reported a total of 553251 local infections, affecting all provinces except Tibet. Recently, the national epidemic continues to show a situation of multiple points and a wide range. Large-scale and scattered epidemic situations coexist, and continue to show a complex situation of multiple points, multiple sources and multiple chains.
Zhou Min introduced that according to the forecast, the passenger flow during the May Day holiday this year will be significantly lower than that last year, and the passenger flow will show a trend of “high at both ends and low in the middle”. The peak passenger flow during the holiday will be concentrated, and the passenger travel will be mainly “local and nearby”. It is estimated that the national passenger volume during the holidays will be 100 million person times, with an average of 20 million person times per day, a decrease of about 62% compared with the same period in 2021. On the first day, it reached 22.5 million person times, but decreased by about 61% compared with 2021. Affected by the epidemic situation and local prevention and control policies, the tourist radius of people during holidays will be significantly reduced compared with that in normal times.
In order to ensure the people’s safe, healthy and convenient travel during the May Day holiday, on the morning of April 28, the Ministry of transport issued a notice to deploy the epidemic prevention and control and service guarantee during the May Day holiday, requiring the implementation of detailed epidemic prevention and control measures, efforts to optimize passenger transportation services and make every effort to ensure the travel safety of passengers.
It is reported that during the “May Day” holiday (from April 30 to May 4), small buses with less than 7 SEATS (including 7 seats) pass through toll roads free of tolls. The specific free passage period is from 0:00 on April 30 ( Saturday Co.Ltd(002291) ) to 24:00 on May 4 (Wednesday). Freeway free passage is subject to the time when vehicles leave the exit toll lane, that is, vehicles leaving the freeway exit between 0:00 on April 30 and 24:00 on May 4 can enjoy the free policy.
