Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered localities andministries and competent agencies to expeditiously work to contain COVID-19 inmore than 300 industrial parks nationwide so as to prevent the disruption ofthe supply chain.
Under Dispatch No.680/CD/TTg, he stated that the outbreak has become morecomplicated in recent days, particularly it has spread to several industrialparks in the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh, posing a high riskof interruption in the supply chain and large-scale production.
In a bid to realise the dual goals of pandemic prevention and economicdevelopment, Chinh asked ministries, sectors and localities to stay vigilant,and strictly follow directions of the Secretariat, the Government, the PrimeMinister and the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Meanwhile, chairmen of the People’s Committees of cities and provinces, the ministersof Industry and Trade, and Planning and Investment are responsible to guideindustrial parks and plants to carry out prevention measures, evaluate safetylevels, as well as update their situation to the COVID-19 map.
Any plant failing to ensure safety will be ordered to halt operation.
Body temperature measurement at an industrial park (Photo: VNA) Health declaration is compulsory for all workers and people involved, includingsuppliers, transporters of materials, goods and servings. Punishment will bemeted out for anyone who does not make health declarations or make dishonesthealth declarations.
Additionally, the Minister of Health is asked to issue documents guiding quarantineand testing for workers at industrial parks in accordance with the developmentsof the outbreak.
Vietnam logged additional 57 domestic COVID-19 cases on early May 25, raisingthe infection tally to 5,461.
The new patients wererecorded in five northern localities of Bac Giang, Bac Ninh, Hanoi, Lang Sonand Ha Nam./.
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