Firms violating COVID-19 prevention rules must be suspended: Deputy PM
Businesses that have failed to meet COVID-19 prevention and control requirements must be suspended, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at a meeting in Hanoi on June 11.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Businesses that have failed to meetCOVID-19 prevention and control requirements must be suspended, Deputy PrimeMinister Vu Duc Dam said at a meeting in Hanoi on June 11.
Dam, who is also head of the National SteeringCommittee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, asked enterprises to arrange workshifts to make it easier for quarantine in case of infections.
Once COVID-19 cases are found at industrial parks, testingresults must be produced within a day to accelerate contact tracing and quarantine,the official requested.
He asked localities to use different testing methodsfor different groups of people, and implement the quarantine and lock-down workflexibly and creatively.
According to the Deputy PM, all of the workers who areat the high risk of infection would be vaccinated against the coronavirus inJuly, while the inoculation for employees at industrial parks nationwide isexpected to be completed in August.
At the meeting, leaders of localities with industrialparks like Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Long An, Tay Ninh andBa Ria-Vung Tau said they have drawn up scenarios for COVID-19 infections in theindustrial parks.
Nguyen Huong Giang, Chairwoman of the People’sCommittee of northern Bac Ninh province, which has been hit hard by the pandemic,said relevant forces should quickly take actions in contact tracing and sealingoff pandemic clusters, while focusing on testing.
She also stressed the significance of screen testingto detecting COVID-19 cases at industrial parks.
Le Anh Duong, Chairwoman of the neighbouring provinceof Bac Giang, also stricken by the pandemic, pointed out major causes oftransmission at industrial parks, and suggested other localities prepare on-the-spotplans, especially improving testing capacity./.
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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA) 
