Deputy PM stresses prevention of COVID-19 transmission in IPs
Deputy Prime Minister and head of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control Vu Duc Dam has asked localities to do their best to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from spreading in factories, especially at industrial parks (IPs).
Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister and head of the NationalSteering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control Vu Duc Dam has askedlocalities to do their best to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from spreading in factories,especially at industrial parks (IPs).
During an online meeting with permanent members of COVID-19 preventionand control steering committees and leaders of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provincesand Da Nang city on May 12, Dam hailed their efforts in responding swiftly andresponsibly to the pandemic.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
The Deputy PM noted that Vietnam is now home to 369 IPs and nearly 30border gates and processing zones with 3.8 million workers, and around 700 industrialclusters with 600,000 workers. Since early on, the National Steering Committeeon COVID-19 Prevention and Control has required strict enforcement of pandemicprevention in those areas, he said, pointing out that if IPs are hit by thepandemic, production and supply chains would be disrupted, putting negativeeffects on the national economy.
He stressed that all localities nationwide must quickly directenterprises, factories, and IPs to periodically update their anti-pandemic workon the COVID-19 safe living map at //antoancovid.vn.
At the meeting (Photo: VNA)
The health ministry has been assigned to step up the licensing of newtesting technologies and to issue specific guidelines to localities on how touse testing methods in different cases and in areas with varying degrees ofrisk.
Cities and provinces nationwide must popularise prevention and controlregulations to enterprises with many workers, particularly those at IPs. Businessesmust also actively join in periodic virus screening to ensure safe production.
The Deputy PM ordered quarantine facilities to be kept ready to preventcross-infection in poor conditions in quarantine. He also directed the Ministerof Industry and Trade to work closely with the Ministry of Health to hold anationwide training conference to ensure safe industrial production, especiallyat IPs./.
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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) 
At the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
