The factory, where many COVID-19 caseswere detected in recent days, has been put under lock down.
Enterprises operating in the locality are required to comply with Vietnam’sdisease prevention regulations.
At an online meeting on the same day, Secretary of the provincial Party CommitteePham Xuan Thang asked local authorities to strengthen the inspection of POYUN Co.,Ltd and order the company to stop all its production activities to imposestrict epidemic prevention measures.
Hai Duong is taking drastic measures tocontain the outbreak, especially reactivating the local COVID-19 taskforce. Cities,towns, and districts have promptly rolled out preventive measures at thehighest level, with contact tracing and quarantining activities quickly carriedout across the locality.
As part of preventive measures, the province has told students not to attendschool from January 29 until further notice.
Two field hospitals with a combined capacity oftreating 600 COVID-19 patients have been put into operation in northern Hai Duong province within just 24hours.
One of them was built at themedical centre of Chi Linh city, and staffed by 45 doctors and about 70 nurseswho can provide treatment for 200 patients. The hospital has admitted 31patients, including one with underlying diseases and two pregnant women.
The otherone, converted from the Hai Duong Medical Technical University with 210 beds,is treating 26 COVID-19 patients./.