An overview of the National Steering Committee for Prevention and Control’s meeting (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – on
May 27 requested the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh to continue
speeding up the implementation of COVID-19 prevention and control measures to
prevent the pandemic from spreading to other industrial zones.
Speaking at the National Steering Committee for COVID-19
Prevention and Control’s online meeting with leaders of the two provinces,
Dam, who is also head of the steering committee, suggested the Health
Ministry’s special team in Bac Giang and local authorities combine Realtime-PCR
testing and quick testing at current pandemic hotbeds, and speed up the self-collection
of samples for quick tests among workers.
should collect samples for screening testing at
places that have yet to detect any infections or districts that have yet to
apply social distancing, and strengthen monitoring over people with symptoms of
cough and fever, Dam said.
He agreed with the plan to rearrange production of
enterprises in ’s industrial zones. Accordingly, the province
temporarily allows a number of workers to stay at factories, and at the same
time arrange accommodations outside factories for workers who have to work in
shifts, and transport them to the factories safely.
However, the Deputy PM also stressed the threat of the
pandemic spreading outside industrial zones, asking all localities to raise
awareness and vigilance at the highest level.
Reporting at the meeting, Director of Bac Ninh’s Health
Department To Thi Mai Hoa said that as of 12:00pm on May 27, the province had
recorded 669 COVID-19 patients, with 5,056 “F1” cases who had direct contact with
confirmed patients.
Notably, screening testing for workers at Khac Niem industrial
cluster in Bac Ninh city on May 26 detected 19 workers positive for the coronavirus.
Additional 40 cases were found on May 27./.
Source: VietnamPlus
