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Tibet reported the first confirmed case of novel coronavirus pneumonia on January 28, 2020.
For prefecture-level cities in Tibet, the number of days with good air quality accounted for more than 99% last year. All surface water has been up to the quality standard.
Northwest China’s Qinghai Province will soon publish a Tibetan version of the guidelines on novel coronavirus prevention, to help ethnic minorities in the province, Tibetans in particular, fight against the epidemic.
Located in the south foothill of the Himalayas, Mama Town (a place where Monpa ethnic group lives in) of Cona County, Shannan City, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, enjoys many ecological honorary titles and adheres to green development.
Some flights and trains to Tibet have been canceled to curb the spread of novel coronavirus, according to Tibet’s authorities.
In the morning of Jan. 30, Wang Yunting, Secretary of the Leading Party Member’s Group in the Health Committee of Tibet Autonomous Region led the group to designated hospitals and fever clinics for medical treatment of pneumonia infected by new coronavirus.
"I didn’t want to be a poor man. " In 2016, Phupa Tashi hoped to live a prosperous life. At that time, he and his ailing mother Tsering Drolma, lived in a hut covering 40 m², with meager income solving basic food and clothing.
A terrific timelapse in Tibet! Footage taken at Ali observatory in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region shows the impressive appearance of Milky Way passing through the clear skies.