At the conference, the Provincial SC briefed on measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 pandemic in the new normal in the province, focusing on measures in health, circulation, regulations for people when going out on the street, sectors that are allowed to operate, and activities that must continue to be suspended, etc. Representatives of leaders of the Department of Health informed about the situation of pandemic prevention and control in the province and solutions to be implemented in the coming time to control the pandemic. Accordingly, for production and business enterprises and enterprises registered to implement the "3 green" model inside and outside industrial parks and clusters, they must organize their own tests by antigen rapid test, self-issue certificates of test results as a basis for employees to participate in circulation before entering the factory and during operation and production. In case an enterprise registers to implement the "3 on-the-spot" production plan, before allowing workers and employees to stop performing this production plan to return to their place of residence, they must organize testing and screening. Particularly, business establishments and individual business households must commit to strictly and fully comply with the requirements, conditions and measures to ensure safety for pandemic prevention and control and conduct (or hire services) their own testing and screening with antigen rapid test. For employees' places of residence and boarding houses, depending on the level of risk and the situation of the pandemic, local authorities are responsible for carrying out weekly testing and screening.
Mr. Tran Van Huy - Deputy Chief of the Office of the Provincial People's Committee informs about measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 pandemic in the new normal
Representatives of the press agencies asked questions related to the employees' need to return to their hometown; payment of support for objects during the time of social distancing; the movement of people from other localities to Binh Duong to work, etc.
Answering a question about people voluntarily riding motorbikes back to their hometown, Colonel Trinh Ngoc Quyen - Director of the Provincial Police Department said that under the direction of the Prime Minister, people in pandemic areas are not allowed to ride motorbikes to their hometown to avoid spreading the pandemic. Currently, the local functional branches coordinate to make a list of people who need to return to their hometowns and will organize a shuttle to their hometown by car to ensure pandemic prevention and control. For inter-provincial circulation, the Provincial Police will coordinate with the Police of localities such as Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai to develop a unified plan to advise the local authorities to implement, it is expected that priority will be given to workers and employees who have received the 1st dose of vaccine for 14 days and 2 doses of the vaccine, tested negative, will be able to travel normally.
Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Hang - Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs informs about policies to support people during the pandemic
Sharing about policies to support people during the pandemic, Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Hang - Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs said that the Department is implementing support for the subjects according to Resolution 68 of the Government, Resolution no. 04 of the Provincial People's Council and Decision no. 12 of the Provincial People's Committee, up to now, has supported about 2,000 billion VND for subjects, including those staying in boarding houses. However, in some localities, there are still some people who have not received. The reason is that in a short time, support must be paid to a large number of beneficiaries, besides, the subjects are concentrated in the areas where the lockdown is implemented such as Thuan An, Di An, and Tan Uyen towns, so it also makes it difficult for local authorities to make lists. In addition, there are a number of subjects who also stay in boarding houses but are not eligible for support and do not stay in boarding houses in August, so they cannot be resolved. For a number of policies implemented until the end of December 2021, the province is continuing to review and deploy support for the beneficiaries. Ms. Hang also added that the Department has coordinated with 15 provinces and cities to send more than 5,000 people back to their hometown by different means. Due to the limited receiving capacity of localities, there is only need to pick up children, pregnant women and the elderly back to their hometowns.
Also at the conference, representatives of Social Security and Provincial Labor Confederation gave more information on support policies for employees facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mr. Vo Van Minh - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee concludes the conference
Concluding the conference, Mr. Vo Van Minh thanked the press agencies for always accompanying the Binh Duong provincial government in pandemic prevention and control over the past time. Clarifying more the content of the questions of the press agencies, Mr. Vo Van Minh said, Binh Duong is one of the localities that implements social security policies quite well for employees, in the past time, the province has spent about 2,000 billion VND to support difficult people due to the impact of the pandemic. This is a great concern and efforts of the authorities in the province to take good care of the people's lives affected by the pandemic. In the coming time, the province will give priority to vaccination for workers and employees, the province is also implementing economic recovery roadmaps, gradually opening production activities of enterprises, so workers will be able to return to work. At the same time, continuing to review those who have not received support due to the impact of the pandemic to spend support in the coming time. For the movement of workers and experts in other localities to Binh Duong to work, the province will coordinate with localities to have a unified plan to both ensure pandemic prevention and control and create conditions for production activities of enterprises.
Reported by Mai Xuan - Translated by Nguyen Trang