Ho Chi Minh City strengthen the control and prevention of Covid-19 pandemic in industrial parks

In complicated situation of the Covid-19 pandemic, in order to ensure safety in production and stabilize socio-economic development, Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just issued an urgent Dispatch No.1558/UBND-VX to its units about strengthening control and ensuring safety against the Covid-19 in export processing zones (EPZs), industrial parks (IZs). , high-tech parks (IZs) and businesses in the city (HCMC).

Raise the Covid-19 alert level to the highest level

Mr. Duong Anh Duc - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee said that in this complicated sitation of the Covid-19 epidemic, there have been infections in the community, especially in industrial zones in some provinces and cities such as Da Nang, Bac Ninh, Bac Ninh and Bac Giang. At the same time, based on actual inspection results at a number of enterprises operating in EPZs and industrial zones of the city, in order to raise vigilance, ensure safety in production and stabilize socio-economic development. Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has issued a document, requesting local leaders to consider the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic as a top priority task

Specifically, Thu Duc City and other districts have the task of coordinating with the Management Board of the EPZs and IZs, the Management Board of the IZs, the City Federation of Labor and enterprises operating in EPZs, IZs and enterprises with large labor scale in their areas of Ho Chi Minh City signed a commitment to ensure the implementation of safety measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic.

In addition, localities have the task of inspecting the observance of regulations on epidemic prevention and control at agencies and units, especially production facilities, EPZs, IZs and IZs in their governing area. In particular, requiring workers to make daily medical declarations, not allowing people without medical declaration to work. Implement zoning plans and isolation measures for dormitories and inns of related workers and workers if there are cases of disease in residential areas with the motto as compact as possible.

Managers of EPZs and IZs, leaders of enterprises are responsible for the implementation of epidemic prevention and control within the scope of their management; promptly correct and overcome inadequacies, loopholes and violations, especially about not wearing masks and gathering in large numbers. At the same time, recommending and mobilizing enterprises in EPZs, IZs and IZs with large workforces to equip face recognition devices and heat detectors to contribute to good screening and prevention of Covid-19.

For EPZs, Industrial zones, factories and enterprises, it is necessary to strictly implement the 5K Requirement for individuals, regularly check, evaluate and update the COVID safety map. If it is not safe, stop operating and make adjustment until it is in safe level.

Actively testing to assess the risk of disease

In city area currently has 17 EPZs and industrial zones, with a total workforce of about 276,000 people, of which more than 2,600 are foreign workers. In which many enterprises operate very large scale, some enterprises are employing more than 14,000 workers. According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong - Chairman of the City People's Committee, compared to the previous 3 epidemics, this pandemic situation is more dangerous with wider scope, more difficult to control. If a break-out occurs, the consequences will be extremely large and unpredictable.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of epidemic prevention and control as well as the risk of Covid-19 outbreak in EPZs, IZs, IZs, TP. Ho Chi Minh City has been implementing a campaign to take samples for testing and screening, to assess the risk of disease at all EPZs, IZs and IZs in the city. It is expected that the number of people who take samples for testing will account for 20% of the number of workers in this area.

Specifically, at Tan Thuan EPZ (District 7), the health sector has taken samples for risk screening tests for about 300 workers at Nidec Tosok Company and more than 1,400 workers at the worker's residence of Tan Thuan EPZ were also sample and all samples were negative. The expansion of Covid-19 screening tests by the health sector at production units in EPZs and industrial zones will help Ho Chi Minh City proactively detects and prevents the risk of epidemics from virus tresspassing, protects the safety of workers as well as production and business activities, ensures the good implementation of the "dual goal" and anti-epidemic, both economic and social development.

When assessing the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic in EPZs and industrial zones, Mr. Hua Quoc Hung - Head of the Management Board of the Export Processing Zone and Industrial Park of Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (Hepza) said that the majority of enterprises and employees operating in EPZs - IZs in the city are very aware of the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic, strictly following the directives and instructions. of the management.

Some businesses have well implemented the distance, equipped with medical masks, measured and checked body temperature twice a day for employees, regularly cleaned and disinfected factories and offices; As a partition to ensure safety against epidemics at the collective kitchen, regularly self-assess the risk of Covid-19 infection according to the criteria set by the health sector and the City People's Committee.