HCMCity (VNS/VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing Zone and Industrial Park Authority BusinessAssociation (HBA) has asked for approval from the city’s authoritiesand the Steering Committee for Pandemic Prevention and Control to setup field hospitals to treat workers in industrial parks and exportprocessing zones.
Accordingto HBA, as of the beginning of August, nearly half of enterprises in 17 exportprocessing zones and industrial zones in the city had registered to allowworkers to stay at their workplaces.
Nearly84 percent of the companies have met the requirements, while 92 factories areadding necessary conditions to meet the requirements.
Accordingto HBA, the Sepzone Linh Trung Company is working with investorsto build a field hospital at ready-built workshops in the Linh Trung2 Export Processing Zone. Many investors have said they would donate medicalequipment to the field hospital.
HBAalso urged the health sector to assist companieswith technical and medical skills so they can conduct rapid tests forCOVID-19.
Theassociation recommended that the city prioritise vaccinations for workers in CatLai Industrial Park and Cat Lai Port.
Thecity has 17 export processing zones, industrial parks and high-tech zoneswith 1,500 businesses.
Ina related matter, Tay Ninh province plans to build a 600-bed fieldhospital in Thanh Thanh Cong Industrial Park and a 500-bed field hospital inthe Phuoc Dong Industrial Zone.
Volunteersjoin pandemic fight
Morethan 7,000 people across the country have volunteered to help HCM Cityfight the current outbreak, following a request from Deputy Ministerof Health Nguyen Truong Son last month.
Ofthe number, nearly 800 medical workers are working in private and public healthclinics (including retired medical staff), and the rest are students and otherstaff.
Upto 2,500 of them have begun treating COVID-19 patients in the city.
Thecity will continue to call on volunteers, especially those with medicalexpertise such as doctors and nurses to support treatment, according to theDepartment of Health./.
Accordingto HBA, as of the beginning of August, nearly half of enterprises in 17 exportprocessing zones and industrial zones in the city had registered to allowworkers to stay at their workplaces.
Nearly84 percent of the companies have met the requirements, while 92 factories areadding necessary conditions to meet the requirements.
Accordingto HBA, the Sepzone Linh Trung Company is working with investorsto build a field hospital at ready-built workshops in the Linh Trung2 Export Processing Zone. Many investors have said they would donate medicalequipment to the field hospital.
HBAalso urged the health sector to assist companieswith technical and medical skills so they can conduct rapid tests forCOVID-19.
Theassociation recommended that the city prioritise vaccinations for workers in CatLai Industrial Park and Cat Lai Port.
Thecity has 17 export processing zones, industrial parks and high-tech zoneswith 1,500 businesses.
Ina related matter, Tay Ninh province plans to build a 600-bed fieldhospital in Thanh Thanh Cong Industrial Park and a 500-bed field hospital inthe Phuoc Dong Industrial Zone.
Volunteersjoin pandemic fight
Morethan 7,000 people across the country have volunteered to help HCM Cityfight the current outbreak, following a request from Deputy Ministerof Health Nguyen Truong Son last month.
Ofthe number, nearly 800 medical workers are working in private and public healthclinics (including retired medical staff), and the rest are students and otherstaff.
Upto 2,500 of them have begun treating COVID-19 patients in the city.
Thecity will continue to call on volunteers, especially those with medicalexpertise such as doctors and nurses to support treatment, according to theDepartment of Health./.
VNA
