Nghe An reviews workers working in Korea
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An currently has more than 4,800 workers working in Korea. However, these are only workers under the EPS program.
On February 24, the leader of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Nghe An province said that the unit had just organized a review of the number of local workers working in Korea. This move took place in the context of the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic in this country, the number of infected people is increasing exponentially every day. As of February 24, there were more than 760 infected people and 7 people died.
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| Da Nang decided to quarantine 80 people from Daegu at noon on February 24. Photo courtesy of VNE |
According to statistics from the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Nghe An currently has 4,835 workers working in Korea. Of these, 315 will expire and return to their hometowns within the next 6 months. However, this is only a list of workers going to Korea under the EPS Program that the authorities can manage.
In fact, in Korea there is a large number of workers going through illegal routes such as tourism, trade... In addition, there is also a large number of Nghe An students studying and working in this country.
Currently, the authorities have not recorded any cases of infection in Korea of Vietnamese people. For the departure batch in April and May 2020 for new workers to Korea and Japan, the authorities have also asked the employers to postpone the time until the epidemic has taken a positive turn.
Meanwhile, many workers and international students in Korea are considering returning home for fear of being infected with the epidemic.
Discussing this matter, Mr. Nguyen Van Dinh - Director of the Center for Disease Control of Nghe An province said that the locality is still waiting for instructions from the Ministry of Health regarding people returning from Korea. "There is currently no document guiding this. Therefore, Nghe An has not quarantined people returning from Korea," Mr. Dinh said.
The National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has decided that people entering from South Korea must declare their health status. Only those with symptoms such as fever, cough, difficulty breathing, etc. will be required to be quarantined.
Meanwhile, in Da Nang, the locality has decided to quarantine all 80 people entering from South Korea for 14 days. These are people who flew directly from Daegu City - the "hotbed" of Covid-19 - to Da Nang at noon on February 24.