The Government of China has urged the population to stockpile food and all those products that they may need in case of an emergency for the winter faced with a possible shortage caused by meteorological phenomena and outbreaks of coronavirus.
In a statement, the Ministry of Commerce has asked nor “overreact” to such information, although he has urged the population to be cautious so as not to be “caught off guard in the event of a lockdown in the area where they reside.”
The directive from the Ministry has come after rising vegetable prices sparked the concern among the population about possible cuts in supplies.
The newspaper ‘The People’s Daily’, for its part, has spread a reassuring message and has assured that the government usually issues similar directives every year, although this year “it has been advanced” given the prevalence of natural disasters and the advancement of the virus.
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The Government has also urged local authorities to “do a good job” of ensuring that the supply chain and prices are maintained. The coronavirus pandemic has caused an increase in food concern on the part of the Government, which has drawn up a series of laws on food safety.
“The directive invites local authorities to support the circulation of products to establish cooperative relationships with producers of vegetables, rice and oil, among others,” the document indicates. “Those products that can endure must be supplied with time and stored”, the Government has insisted.
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