According to Nguyen The Dung, DOLISA’s Vice Director, after receiving warning of the Department of Overseas Labour (DOLAB) on complicated developments of Covid-19, DOLISA sent an announcement to the related agencies and labour export companies.

Checking workers’ temperature before getting into the production area at Samkwang Vina in Quang Chau Industrial Park.

Accordingly, they requested to strengthen epidemic prevention for labourers. The companies should only bring labourers to unaffected areas while preventing them to transit at affected areas.

In addition, they will collaborate to direct the study-abroad consultancy companies to announce on the epidemic situations to labourers and overseas students who schedule to go to RoK in coming time for active preventive measures.

Implementing the direction of the provincial Steering Committee for prevention and control of the acute respiratory epidemic, DOLISA is proactively collaborating with other sectors to monitor and grasp the situation of Bac Giang’s labourers in RoK and RoK’s labourers in Bac Giang especially those from affected areas. 

The persons returning from affected areas or contacting with Covid-19 patients will be applied health supervision and compulsory isolation. Besides, it is necessary to provide warnings on disease preventive measures to families having relatives returning from RoK.

Trade unionists of Daeyang Hanoi Company Limited in Tan Yen district give face masks to workers ahead a work shift.

As of 18.00 February 24, Bac Giang province has 8 people who returned from Covid-19 affected areas compulsorily isolated for health supervision at the Educational Center of National Defence and Security, Ngo Gia Tu College, 7 of whom returned from China and 1 from RoK.

Currently, there is no Vietnamese labourers in RoK reported infected with the disease. According to a quick report by Vietnamese Labour Management Office in RoK, there are nearly 50,000 Vietnamese labourers working in RoK including 4,000 workers in two novel coronavirus-infected areas of Deagu city and Gyeongbuk province.

Bac Giang DoFA provides Chinese quick learning handbooks in combating Covid-19

(BGO)- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DoFA) in Bac Giang province has published 60 Chinese quick learning handbooks related to Covid-19 prevention for the officers and soldiers on missions in the foreigners’ isolated area. 

Bac Giang focuses on controlling and monitoring health condition of people coming from Covid-19 affected area

(BGO) – As of February 12, Bac Giang province has 15 Covid-19 suspected cases (new strain of coronavirus as called by the World Health Organization since February 12), in which 14 people tested negative to the virus and 1 case is waiting for the test result who is monitored at the provincial General Hospital with stable condition.

Bac Giang publishes bilingual leaflet to communicate about nCoV epidemic to foreigners

(BGO) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DoFA) in Bac Giang province has recently released the bilingual leaflets to communicate about the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus in 4 languages of Chinese, English, Korean and Japanese.

Tourism sites and areas in Bac Giang province sprayed with disinfectant to prevent nCoV epidemic

(BGO) – Currently, most of the relic sites and spiritual tourism areas in the northern province of Bac Giang have been sprayed with disinfectant to prevent the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Bac Giang prepares conditions to isolate suspected cases to control nCoV caused epidemic

(BGO) – The Vice Chairman of Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee (PPC) Le Anh Duong and Vice Head of the provincial Steering Committee's Standing Board for prevention and control of the acute respiratory epidemic (the Steering Committee) caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) on February 9 paid a field trip to inspect the preparation measures to isolate the cases who return from the nCoV affected area and closely contact with the infected patient.

Minh Thu – Do Quyen