Central region prevents Typhoon Con Son amid Covid-19 pandemic

SGGP 11/09/2021 16:58

The localities in the Central region in a hurry on September 10 have mobilized all forces to evacuate residents, help local people reinforce their houses and assist fishermen to anchor boats in safe places ahead of Tropical Storm Con Son amid the complicated development of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Ships are evacuated to a port of the K15 border guard station in Da Nang City. (Photo: SGGP)

Thanh Hoa Province has completed Covid-19 testing for households that must be evacuated to the facilities in advance of the storm while Nghe An Province has called on volunteers to help farmers urgently harvest the the summer-autumn rice.

25 fishing boats with 82 fishermen from Nghe An, Thanh Hoa and Binh Dinh were evacuated in Cua Sot Locks in Ha Tinh Province. The provincial functional units gave a free Covid-19 rapid test to ships’ crews coming from other provinces. The police and military forces along with the local authorities and youth union on September 10 helped residents harvest rice and reinforce houses and schools in order to minimize damage.

In Quang Binh, the provincial authorities have delegated communes to protect property of the local people who are being quarantined in Covid-19 treatment facilities.

In Quang Tri, crews of all fishing vessels of province and other localities docked at safe places to avoid the typhoon have been tested for Covid-19 and sent to the centralized quarantine facilities.

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Ha Tinh Province's military force helps residents harvest rice.

On the same day, local farmers in Phong Dien District in Thua Thien-Hue Province harvested fishes from floating cages on the Bo River. The Province has also prepared medical isolation places and Covid-19 treatment facilities for cases of F0 and F1.

The civil defense, local militia and border guard forces of Da Nang City helped fishermen move ships to safe locations while the municipal authorities required a temporary suspension of operations in Covid-19 monitoring and control stations throughout the city in the period 6 hours before and 6 hours after landfall.

The Ministry of Health has asked the Health Departments of provinces and cities to test residents for Covid-19 during the evacuation, and ensure social distancing rules and Covid-19 Prevention and Control measures.

The National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre reported that the Typhon Conson was in the southern sea region of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands and around 380km off the mainland continental coast of Quang Tri and Quang Nam provinces in the evening on September 10.

In the evening of September 11, the storm was around 200 kilometers offshore east of Quang Tri and Quang Nam. The central region from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai provinces has heavy rains of 200-300 mm a day.

The typhoon is forecast to make landfall over the Central region in the morning or later afternoon of September 12, bringing strong winds to Da Nang and Thua Thien-Hue.