Nghe An: Businesses quarantine 4 Chinese workers who have just returned home

Nguyen Hai January 31, 2020 14:36

(Baonghean.vn) - Faced with the complicated developments of the acute pneumonia epidemic caused by the Corona virus from Wuhan (China), Nghe An authorities are reviewing and promptly updating the number of Chinese workers returning to Vietnam to work in order to have prevention and response solutions.

Currently, there are 17 Chinese workers in the province working at enterprises in the Southeast Economic Zone. Of these, Golstar Animal Feed Processing Company in Bac Vinh Industrial Park has the most Chinese workers with 9 people, Tan Viet Trung Company (Nam Cam Industrial Park) has 3 people, Matrix Vinh Teddy Bear and Children's Toy Manufacturing Company (Bac Vinh Industrial Park) has 1 person, Hope Animal Feed Processing Company Limited (Nam Cam Industrial Park) has 2 people and Nghe An PP Paper Materials Company Limited (Nam Cam Industrial Park) has 1 person.

Công ty TNHH chế biến thức ăn gia súc Golstar tại KCN Bắc Vinh có 9 lao động người Trung Quốc, trong đó 4 người trở lại Việt Nam đang bị cách ly 14 người để theo dõi bệnh Viêm phổi cấp. Ảnh: Nguyễn Hải
Golstar Animal Feed Processing Company Limited in Bac Vinh Industrial Park has 9 Chinese workers, of whom 4 have returned to Vietnam and are being quarantined for 14 days to monitor for acute pneumonia. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Up to now, out of 9 workers at Golstar Animal Feed Processing Company who returned to China for Tet holiday, 4 have returned to Vietnam.

Although there are no signs of infection with the Corona virus, the Company has proactively quarantined 4 people (including 3 experts and 1 woman) at their residence, not coming to the Company for 14 days to monitor their body temperature.

Other companies such as Tan Viet Trung 3 people, Matrix Vinh Company 1 person, Animal Feed Processing Company Limited 1 person and Nghe An PP Paper Materials Company Limited 1 person are on Tet holiday in China and have not returned to work in Vietnam.

Công ty sản xuất gấu bông và đồ chơi trẻ em Matrix Vinh tại KCN Nam Cấm, nơi có 1 lao động người Trung Quốc đang về quê nghỉ Tết dự kiến sẽ trở lại Việt Nam đầu tháng 2. Ảnh: Nguyễn Hải
Matrix Vinh teddy bear and children's toy manufacturing company in Nam Cam Industrial Park, where a Chinese worker is returning home for Tet and is expected to return to Vietnam in early February. Photo: Nguyen Hai

It is known that the above workers are expected to go to Vietnam in early February and mainly by air. The Management Board has requested that businesses report promptly so that the provincial authorities can take measures to examine their health, measure their body temperature and quarantine them to prevent acute pneumonia caused by the Corona virus according to regulations.

In addition to the number of Chinese workers working at enterprises in the Southeast Economic Zone, there are currently a number of Chinese who are key owners who regularly come to Vietnam to purchase aquatic and seafood products in Hoang Mai and Quynh Luu Towns. However, according to the confirmation of the leaders of the above localities, up to this point, the Chinese workers are returning home for Tet and are not yet present in Nghe An.

Lực lượng biên phòng Nghệ An kiểm tra thiết bị đo thân nhiệt tại Cửa khẩu Nậm Cắn. Ảnh: Tư liệu
Nghe An Border Guard and Customs check body temperature measuring equipment to prevent acute pneumonia at Nam Can Border Gate (Ky Son). Photo: File

In another development, through research, in the face of the complicated situation of the epidemic, Nghe An localities are urgently reviewing and grasping the number of Vietnamese workers who often go to work in China, now returning home for Tet holiday, to have measures to propagate and recommend not to go to the neighboring country to work at this time./.

Nguyen Hai