Focus on controlling new outbreak in Vinh city

Minh Anh - Kim Lien Garment Joint Stock Companylocated in Hung Dong commune, Vinh city, has continuously recorded Covid-19 infections among its workers. As of the morning of January 10, the company had 72 F0s, of which 28 were in Vinh city, the remaining F0s resided in districts across the province.

Recognizing that this is a complex cluster of diseases, Nghe An CDC, Vinh City People's Committee and Minh Anh Kim Lien Garment Joint Stock Company held a meeting on the afternoon of January 9 to propose anti-epidemic measures with high determination to control the outbreak early, stabilize production and business at the company and the lives of workers.

CDC Nghe An, Vinh City and Minh Anh - Kim Lien Garment Joint Stock Company met to discuss anti-epidemic solutions on the afternoon of January 9. Photo: Nghe An Medical Center

Dr. Chu Trong Trang - Deputy Director of CDC Nghe An said that it is urgent to conduct early testing to promptly detect F0 cases, and from January 10, workers without a negative Covid-19 certificate will not be allowed to work at the company. In addition, the company needs to rearrange the dining area and disinfect according to regulations; Arrange separate toilets for production lines that have not had any infected cases; Divide work shifts into separate shifts, and continue to disinfect and clean after each shift; stop centralized dining services in front of the company gate...

Talking to PV, Mr. Tran Quang Lam - Vice ChairmanVinh City People's Committeesaid: Minh Anh - Kim Lien Garment Joint Stock Company has a total of 3,200 workers. Currently, the city has directed to review the number of workers, requiring all workers residing in Vinh City and districts returning to their localities to declare their health and have a negative test result before being allowed to work at the company.

In addition, Vinh City has also directed the closure of restaurants that F0s have visited in the two communes of Hung Dong and Nghi Kim. For production lines and departments that have had many F0s and F1s, they will temporarily close to prevent the epidemic, while other departments will continue to operate normally so as not to disrupt the factory's production process...

Taking Covid-19 test samples. Photo: Quang An

"Vinh City has also urgently deployed the work of tracing F1 cases. By the morning of January 10, 306 F1s of these 72 F0s had been identified, mainly workers of the company. The F1s have been isolated and monitored according to regulations. It is known that if the outbreak becomes complicated, depending on the actual situation, the company will temporarily suspend production for 3 days to test, isolate, and trace in order to promptly separate F0s from the company, determined to control the outbreak as soon as possible..." - Mr. Tran Quang Lam emphasized.