Enterprises join hands to prevent nCoV virus

 After WHO declared an emergency situation of acute respiratory infections caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV), Binh Duong province held meetings to announce drastically preventive measures and respond to this epidemic. Many businesses in the area actively and urgently implemented measures to prevent infection.

Jac Vietnam Automobile Joint Stock Company measures body temperature of employees.

Enterprises actively take part in

Most enterprises in the province are actively preventing the nCoV outbreak. Active prevention of diseases is a necessary condition to secure employee's safety and to prevent the spread of diseases.

Nguyen Thi Tham, Deputy HR Director of Jac Vietnam Automobile Joint Stock Company (Binh Hoa Ward, Thuan An City), said as soon as the company returned to work after Tet, Directors Board directed to install temperature gauges and medical equipment, masks, hand sanitisers for employees to keep hygienic and ensure effective prevention of epidemic. Officials and experts from other countries after Tet as returning to the company receive health monitoring, check body temperature every day. The company also gives medical masks and requires all employees to wear masks when working.

“Our enterprise has 12 Chinese experts that have not returned to the company, we will arrange hotels for them to do isolation within 14 days. When there is the government's confirmation on no infection, they could return to work ”, Ms. Tham said.

Meanwhile, Binh DuongCo.opmart Supermarket equipped all employees with medical masks. Hoang Long, Director of the supermarket, said that he had posted many notices for customers to actively prevent the epidemic. At the same time, the supermarket is working with suppliers to prepare medical masks and hand sanitizers for customers". Currently, the demand for medical masks and hand sanitizers is increasing sharply. However, our supermarket pledges not to increase the selling price of epidemic prevention products.

Worker health is important

Not only retail businesses but manufacturing enterprises also strictly prevent this disease. At Mifaco Company (Thuan An City), in recent days, it has been popularized with all employees to take proactive measures to prevent and combat nCoV epidemic to ensure the health of workers and the whole community. The company is also careful in working with partners, suppliers from China or transits through the epidemic areas to the company.

“Currently, anyone who comes from epidemic areax cannot meet employees of the company, until the epidemic areas are controlled. The company also encourages workers to wear masks and do antiseptic sanitization when working, and provides all the direction documents, preventive measures of health agencies for workers. The company is on high alert, the disease communication measures are being carried out and closely monitored. All are on the right track with high vigilance but do not cause confusion among workers", said Dien Quang Hiep, General Director of Mifaco.

To prevent the epidemic caused by nCoV, Thuong Nguyen Wood Processing Company (Tan Uyen Township) urged all their employees to keep clean general hygiene in the work area, wear medical masks as working, wash hands, especially when meeting with partners.

“We communicate not only to employees in the company, but also to customers how to be aware of the current epidemic to minimize fection possibility of nCoV that could affect human health. We also deliver medical masks, sanitizers to company employees and partners when necessary. All for the health of workers", said Duong Tu Trinh, Director of the company.

Thuong Nguyen Company sent apology letters to their partners for the delay in service provision, because currently the company is implementing movement restriction, ensure safety, protect health of workers and the community. The company urges people to wash their hands frequently with soaps or alcohol-based hand cleaners, or gargle with an antiseptic solution; increase the frequency of spraying, disinfecting workshops, common areas. The company is also boosting epidemic prevention communication by posting notices within the company and through our internal information channels, such as Zalo, Facebook, to raise awareness and proactively prevent epidemics among workers.

Reported by Tieu My - Translated by Ngoc Huynh