Health Ministry asked to quickly issue self-testing guidelines for firms
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has directed the Health Ministry to urgently issue COVID-19 self-testing guidelines for enterprises, thus creating favourable conditions for them to stay proactive in their business activities while ensuring safety in pandemic prevention and control.
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has directed the Health Ministry to urgently issue COVID-19 self-testing guidelines for enterprises, thus creating favourable conditions for them to stay proactive in their business activities while ensuring safety in pandemic prevention and control.
The move is made after the Government issued Resolution No.105/NQ-CP which allows enterprises to conduct COVID-19 testing for their employees, but the Health Ministry has yet to issue specific guidelines for this.
Collecting samples for testing at Toyota Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) Recently, several media outlets said firms have met difficulties in production recovery due to the serious shortage of workers and different COVID-19 testing requirements in localities./.
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