Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed and issued an Official Dispatch on proactively preventing and combating prolonged cold spells.
According to the dispatch, in recent days, strong cold air has affected the Northern, North Central and some Central Central provinces. Some places in the Northern mountainous provinces have experienced severe cold, while snow and ice have appeared in the high mountains, negatively affecting people's health, agricultural, forestry and fishery production and activities to prepare for the traditional New Year of the nation.
According to the forecast of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the coming days, cold air may continue to strengthen, affecting the Northern provinces, North Central and some places in the Central Central; the Northern and North Central regions will have severe cold, the mountainous areas of the North will have severe cold; the Central Central region will have cold.
The lowest temperature in this cold air mass in the North and North Central regions is generally from 9-12 degrees, in the mountainous areas of the North it is 6-8 degrees, in the high mountainous areas it is below 3 degrees with the possibility of frost and frost.
To proactively respond to severe cold, the Prime Minister requested Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to proactively monitor the situation and weather forecasts.
Propaganda, mobilization, and dissemination to people about safe and effective methods and skills to prevent and combat cold, paying special attention to preventing cold and other extreme weather events for the elderly, children, and the disadvantaged... (do not use coal stoves to heat in closed rooms to avoid unfortunate incidents that cause human casualties); prevent and fight fires and explosions when heating.
Provide timely medicine and medical examination and treatment, absolutely do not let people get sick from the cold and not be able to access medical services and treatment during the Lunar New Year.
Focus on directing and synchronously implementing measures to prevent and combat hunger, cold, and diseases in crops, livestock, and aquatic products to minimize damage to production and business, especially agricultural production; absolutely do not be subjective or negligent.
In cold weather conditions, frost, direct and guide farmers to take measures to protect spring rice fields from the cold, do not plant on cold days, low temperatures.
Proactively arrange local budgets, natural disaster prevention and control funds and local resources to promptly serve the work of preventing and fighting hunger, cold, and epidemics for livestock, aquatic products and crops.
Timely support materials and funds for poor households, ethnic minority households, and policy families to reinforce and cover barns, seedling ponds, seedling gardens, especially spring seedlings, and purchase concentrated feed for grazing livestock, fertilizers, and biological products to increase cold resistance for crops.
Be responsible to the Prime Minister if there is any loss of life and death of crops and livestock due to subjectivity, negligence, and failure to fully and promptly implement measures to prevent and combat hunger, cold (especially severe cold), and epidemics for people, crops, and livestock in the area.
The Ministry of Health coordinates with media agencies to disseminate knowledge, guide and advise people to take effective measures to prevent and combat the cold, ensure health safety and avoid the risk of gas poisoning when burning coal and firewood for heating in closed rooms.
Directing grassroots medical forces to ensure necessary medicine and organize medical examination and treatment for people, especially during the Lunar New Year.
