All 81 new infected cases are workers at Wanek 2 Furniture Co., Ltd (Hoa Phu Ward, Thu Dau Mot City), in the quarantine zone of the company. The cases mainly live in 19 hostels in Hoa Phu Ward, Thu Dau Mot City; Phu Chanh Ward and Vinh Tan Ward of Tan Uyen Town; Hoa Loi Ward, Ben Cat Town. In relation to the outbreak in Wanek Company, up to now there have been 99 infected cases recorded.
Thus, from the 4th epidemic, Binh Duong has recorded 407 infected cases in the community (24 cases were detected when they came to test at health facilities, 195 cases were detected in quarantine zones and 188 cases were detected in lockdowns). The epidemic has occurred in 32 companies, factories and dozens of workers' hostels.
There have been 409 patients in this 4th epidemic (407 patients of the community infection, 01 re-positive case from Khanh Hoa, 01 foreign expert). 04 patients have recovered, 405 patients are being treated, of which 03 patients with severe prognosis requiring mechanical ventilation, 03 patients receiving oxygen.
Currently, there are 34 concentrated isolation areas in the province (with 04 areas which are hotels for foreign experts) located throughout all districts, towns, cities with the quarantine capacity of 10,000 beds, ready to receive quarantine cases immediately, estimated to be broadened to 20,000 – 30,000 beds. The province has 4,385 cases under concentrated isolation and 10,876 cases under isolation at home and accommodation.
According to the Health sector, infected cases have penetrated into many companies, spread to workers' hostels, and other companies so it is hard to control and the number of infected cases can increased dramatically if there is no prompt prevention. Due to the complicated situation of the epidemic situation in the province, the Ministry of Health has just sent a written request to Binh Duong Province to implement a number of solutions to continue proactively preventing and controlling the Covid-19 epidemic. Accordingly, request Binh Duong to set up 100 teams, unions (3-4 people/team/union) to guide, examine the tasks of preventing and controlling Covid-19 of industrial parks and major companies outside the industrial parks. Pilot businesses to implement quick Covid-19 tests for workers and assign this task to Binh Duong Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Steer the establishment of Covid-19 Safety Team in businesses. Each production workshop/team/department must have a Covid-19 Safety Team to daily check and supervise the implementation of 5K in the workshop.
Reported by Yen Nhi - Translated by Nguyen Trang