Danang sets up steering committee for prevention and control of nCoV

A manufacturing plant based in Danang High-Tech Park has handed out face masks and measures the body temperature of its workers on a regular basis

The steering committee is chaired by Pham Truong Son, director of the Management Board, and consists of members who are deputy heads of the Management Board and heads of the functional departments and infrastructure development companies under the Management Board.

Accordingly, the steering committee is responsible for the prevention and control of acute respiratory infections caused by nCoV, according to Official Letter No.79-CV/TW dated January 29, 2020 of the Central Secretariat, Directive No.05/CT-TTg dated January 28, Directive No.06/CT-TTg dated January 31 of the prime minister, and Official Letter No.3942-CV/TU dated January 31 of Danang Party Committee, as well as regulations and guidance from the Ministry of Health.

The committee will be actively co-ordinating with the Department of Health and related units to propagate disease prevention activities for employees at enterprises based in the High-Tech Park and industrial zones in the city.

Currently, the Steering Committee members have overseen the situation of the disease at Danang High-Tech Park and many other industrial zones to be able to promptly report cases of suspected infection to the Danang Department of Health.

Earlier, the Management Board issued Document No.199/BQL-QLDN&LD on February 3, 2020, requesting businesses and investors at industrial parks and high-tech parks in Danang to take urgent measures to prevent the disease from spreading.

This included taking care of workers’ health, isolating those returning from the pandemic areas for 14 days. When the disease was announced in Vietnam, the Management Board had temporarily suspended the granting of work permits to foreigners in the areas where the pandemic was detected.