Dealing with the issue of hundreds of workers from epidemic areas still traveling to work at Bac Vinh Industrial Park

To strengthen epidemic prevention, on June 9, the Steering Committee for Epidemic Prevention and Control of Vinh City, Hung Dong Commune and Nghi Kim Commune had a meeting with enterprises in Bac Vinh Industrial Park on Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control.

Vice Chairwoman of Vinh City People's Committee Tran Thi Cam Tu directed the immediate tasks to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic in Bac Vinh Industrial Park. Photo: Hong Quang

At the meeting, businesses raised difficulties in epidemic prevention and control such as: If there are F1, F0 cases, companies cannot arrange quarantine for a large number of workers; businesses will not be able to perform 20% rapid testing when there is a high risk because there is no human resources, no expertise and businesses do not know where to buy test kits.

The Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Vinh City has requested the Management Board of Bac Vinh Industrial Park and enterprises to: Strengthen control of workers' movement; arrange hand sanitizer, instruct workers to follow 5K well at the company and when withdrawing money at ATMs. Must proactively arrange centralized quarantine areas and cannot hand over quarantined workers to local authorities because the number of workers is very large. It is necessary to make health declarations by scanning QR codes.

Minh Anh Kim Lien Garment Company raised the issue of using shuttle buses to take more than 150 workers from Ha Tinh to the company in Bac Vinh Industrial Park to work every day. Photo: Hong Quang

Workers returning from epidemic areas must be tested and quarantined within the prescribed time. Vehicles transporting goods from outside the province to factories and plants must be disinfected after each trip. Companies with workers from Ha Tinh working and returning, including shuttle buses, must temporarily suspend their work pending instructions from the Provincial People's Committee or must arrange reasonable accommodation to ensure epidemic prevention safety; must properly manage the movement of workers from Ha Tinh staying around the industrial park.

Companies with foreigners working need to be closely monitored and reported to local authorities for disease prevention plans. The city police need to closely review the management of temporary residence in Hung Dong and Nghi Kim communes. Absolutely do not allow subjectivity and negligence, and businesses must not conceal information related to the disease.