United as One: Fighting the Epidemic - The August 1st Museum in Action


Release time:

2019-11-27

The pandemic is rampant, and we must take responsibility. In the face of the nationwide fight against the novel coronavirus pneumonia, our institution attaches great importance to epidemic prevention and control work, remains steadfast in our positions, ensures the safety and security of the venue, carries out disinfection and ventilation, and provides cultural services during the closure period, contributing to the national effort against the epidemic.

The epidemic is rampant, and we must take responsibility. In the face of the nationwide fight against the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, our museum attaches great importance to epidemic prevention and control work, remains on duty, ensures venue safety and disinfection, ventilation, and cultural services during the closure period, contributing to the nationwide fight against the epidemic.

Act quickly, online services "never close"

In response to the needs of epidemic prevention and control for the novel coronavirus pneumonia, to avoid gatherings that could lead to cross-infection and to ensure the health and safety of visitors and frontline staff, our museum issued a closure announcement as per higher-level notifications, officially closing "one museum and five sites" from January 24, effectively avoiding the risk of epidemic transmission caused by crowd gatherings. Notices were posted through WeChat public accounts, official websites, and at the entrances and exits of the museum, announcing consultation service phone numbers and providing explanations to the public regarding the closure. At the same time, we utilized news media for publicity and guidance.

To meet the visiting needs of the public and enrich cultural life during the Spring Festival, our museum utilized its digital resources to launch online tour services, allowing audiences to view exhibitions online from the comfort of their homes. (VR panoramic tour portal of the August 1st Museum)

Comprehensive deployment, implementation of epidemic prevention and control measures

In response to the heavy, broad, difficult, and high-risk frontline prevention and control tasks, to strengthen leadership in epidemic prevention and control, our museum promptly established a leading group for epidemic prevention and control work, enhanced duty management, unified leadership, advanced command, and formulated the "Grassroots Party Building + Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Joint Prevention and Control Work Plan," effectively managing emergency responses to epidemic prevention and control, strictly implementing a 24-hour duty and inspection system, ensuring seamless connection in work mechanisms, and effectively guaranteeing the implementation of epidemic prevention and control work.

Improve mechanisms to ensure orderly operation of the venue

To strengthen environmental hygiene management and prevent cross-infection in frontline prevention and control, our museum purchased masks, disinfectants, alcohol, handheld thermometers, and other prevention materials, increased the scope and frequency of disinfection and cleaning in various areas of the museum, disinfecting at least twice daily, and increased the frequency of disinfection in key areas, maintaining a clean and hygienic environment in the museum and ensuring ventilation in public areas such as exhibition halls and restrooms. Duty staff conduct temperature tests twice daily, and those with abnormal temperatures or symptoms such as fever and cough are temporarily prohibited from entering the museum, and staff are prohibited from bringing family members into the museum.

Persist in investigation, ensure daily reporting, all staff report their and their family members' health status daily, checking for any recent return from outside the city or close contact with individuals from Hubei province, and consciously cooperate with the health monitoring work group of the local community to conduct epidemic screening and testing, reporting the situation in a timely manner. Through WeChat groups and other forms, epidemic prevention knowledge is disseminated to every staff member, urging each staff member to carry out epidemic prevention work.