The enterprises are more confident when the vaccination is widely covered

Coconut jelly production at Co Co Vietnam Food Co., Ltd. (Ho Nai Industrial Zone, Trang Bom District)

According to the businesses, when they have covered all employees with a Covid-19 vaccine, they seem to be relieved of a part of the burden and focus on production and resumption of previously suspended orders.

At the coconut jelly factory of Co Co Vietnam Food Co., Ltd (Ho Nai Industrial Zone, Trang Bom District), the production atmosphere is very urgent to meet the orders of the partners. As a food production unit, the safety control in normal times is inherently strict, in the face of the epidemic situation, enterprises must be even more careful, workers must disinfect before entering the production area.

Mr. Tran Van Hai, factory director, said that during the epidemic, enterprises still organized "3 on-site" model production. Due to strict requirements, the output is still guaranteed, even increased compared to before. Currently, when implementing "living together with the epidemic", adapting to the epidemic when our company injected with vaccines for all employees, we are trying to increase output for the market at the end of the year.

Similarly, an enterprise with a large number of workers injected with the vaccine is An Phu Thinh Joint Stock Company (Long Thanh District). Mr. Vo Thanh Tuan, director of the company, said that the enterprise is having orders to export gloves and protective equipment to Japan and some other countries. Production is maintained, our company is in the process of expanding factories to recruit more workers.

Not only workers in enterprises are injected with vaccines, but the percentage of Dong Nai people who are currently vaccinated with the second dose is also very high. From a province considered to have the slow progress in vaccination compared to other localities nationwide, by November 15, Dong Nai has taken the lead in the country in vaccination coverage for people with the rate of 88%. In particular, to be able to promptly deal with arising situations and control and limit the spread of the disease, Dong Nai also established 25 more medical stations in the Industrial Zones in the province.

Continue to focus on the epidemic prevention and control

The high vaccination rate is a measure to help businesses prevent and control the epidemic, stabilize to maintain normal production in the near future. However, according to businesses, vaccines are still not an absolute guarantee of safety, so compliance with regulations of the health sector is especially important. In addition to vaccination, enterprises also require all employees to fully comply with other epidemic prevention and control regulations, especially when going home or living in the dormitory outside of working hours to ensure safety first for themselves then for the community.

Dong Nai has a large number of Industrial Zones with many enterprises, now more than 95% of enterprises in those Industrial Zones have also returned to the normal production. Safely adapting to the epidemic, according to the Dong Nai Industrial Zones Authority, enterprises have been given the right to take the initiative in epidemic prevention and control, and production recovery. As a result, businesses can simultaneously apply many suitable options such as: allowing workers go and return daily, implement "3 on the spot" model, performing the two options above at the same time. Some businesses said that being proactive in epidemic prevention and control will create more favorable conditions to be able to respond promptly once situations arise.

According to Mr. Nguyen Tuan Loc, Chairman of the Board of Directors of GSB Steel Structure Joint Stock Company (Thanh Phu Industrial Zone, Vinh Cuu District), since the outbreak of the epidemic, our enterprise has been very proactive in implementing safety solutions for production, by requiring employees to comply with 5K regulations as well as performing periodic SARS-CoV-2 testing for workers, etc. we also contribute to supporting materials and equipment to help the locality in epidemic prevention and control. To ensure continuous safety, the company has just put into use an automatic sterilization chamber, making production shifts safer before operation.                                                     

                                                  Nam Vu