The distribution and sale of agricultural products must increase

Las Tunas Provincial Defense Council based its analysis on Monday on strengthening the plans of measures aimed at confronting COVID-19, which already has two positive cases in the territory.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- After acknowledging the increase in the inquiries on Sunday, Manuel Pérez Gallego, president of the body, demanded that the example of the aforementioned day should serve as a pattern to expand home visits each day. He also demanded the completion of the estimated capacities in the isolation centers so as not to be surprised by the pandemic.

Although the increases in the manufacture and massive use of protective masks are notorious, it was urged to increase their manufacture by state and private sectors, in order to get closer to the estimated demand of the province, around one million units.

Pérez Gallego called for the increase in the distribution and commercialization of agricultural products in markets and small squares, as well as expanding the contribution of workers in the Food Industry to reinforce the offer to consumers in their respective localities. He requested to strengthen the supervision at the borders to prevent the leakage of agricultural products to other areas of neighboring provinces.

He instructed that Los Almendros agricultural market, in the neighborhood of Bonachea of the provincial, keeps working with private sector vendors until this weekend then be moved to an area of the 26 de Julio Park. The state agricultural market, supplied by the Collection Company, will be restored next week there.

Likewise, it was requested to foster the increase in the sale of chlorine, greater action against illegalities in the neighborhoods, to finale proposals for inter-provincial freight transport drive on the south ring road of the capital city and to limit inter-municipal passenger transportation, including the criterion that the routes of the municipalities of Amancio and Colombia traveling via Jobabo, to discard passing through the Guáimaro municipality, belonging to Camagüey.

It was informed that the activation of the eight municipal and zone defense councils had been completed.