Shaoyang County, Hunan Province, advocating the Spring Festival non-essential not to return home? County Party Secretary responded: the document for internal mastery, welcome back to the hometown for the New Year

January 5, 2023January 6, 2023

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On the afternoon of January 5, Shaoyang County, Hunan Provincial Party Committee Publicity Department WeChat public number “Shaoyang County release” issued a tweet called “warm tips”. The text says, at present, the peak of the new coronavirus infection epidemic and influenza and other respiratory diseases season, but also coincides with the approach of the Spring Festival, the flow of people increased, the aggregation of activities, especially indoor activities, may further increase the spread of the epidemic, especially the risk of re-infection. At the same time, the text puts forward six tips.

The tweet was sent out, quickly triggering hot debate among netizens. Some netizens think: “Spring Festival home is still unnecessary, are 2023 years.” There are also netizens who believe that “people are also good advice, and not mandatory.” “For the sake of the elderly, I think this is very right.”

In this regard, Shaoyang County County Party Committee Secretary Yuan Shengliang told reporters that the document for the internal grasp, not publicly released, the new media center staff without the consent of the county party committee leaders released without permission, the relevant personnel have been criticized, the article is now deleted.

For the controversy caused by this tweet, Shaoyang County County Party Committee Secretary Yuan Shengliang said it is not not welcome to return home for the New Year, but worried about the impact of the variant virus to local personnel brought back to the sun, “the risk of returning home to bring back the variant virus, if the sun will be a bit of a shock, (this tip) is to let the regions pay attention to it, not unwelcome you home for the New Year, this The meaning is wrong.”

For the issue of returning to the hometown, Yuan Shengliang said Shaoyang County outside the staff can now return to the hometown, there is no obstacle. “Can come back, we welcome them to return to their hometowns, and now there are many people back.”