The President and heads of state authorities and government agencies in the course of videoconference discussed the current situation. The Minister of Internal Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic briefed the public on preventative measures being taken to ensure citizen safety in bad weather conditions. The population was informed in advance of the impending cold snap, freezing rain, icy conditions, and fog. A yellow meteorological hazard warning has been issued in the republic. Educational institutions have switched to e-learning. The Main Emergency Management Department is on high alert. Sixty pieces of specialized equipment and approximately two hundred road and utility service personnel have been directed to respond to the severe weather. A total of 901 tons of sand and salt mixture have been used. Nineteen traffic accidents occurred, two of which were reported (involving casualties). More than seventy cases of street injuries have been recorded, fifty of which were in Tiraspol. Rescuers assisted the capital's ambulance crew, whose vehicle was stuck on an uphill stretch in Kutuzov Street, and pulled out a VAZ car from a roadside ditch in the village of Mereneshty. Traffic is still open on the republic's roads, with the exception of the Grigoriopol bypass, reported Vitaly Neagu.
Vadim Krasnoselsky instructed mass media representatives to spread information advising residents of the republic, especially the elderly, to avoid going outside unless absolutely necessary to avoid injury.
