​         On June 05, 2021, the Ministry of Health issued decision No.2787/QĐBYT promulgating guidelines on plans for covid-19 prevention and control in case of covid-19 cases in business establishments and industrial parks.

To proactively detect and promptly handle suspected COVID-19 cases in business establishments and industrial parks/clusters (hereinafter referred to as “industrial parks”);  Ensure safe business operations and achievement of the dual targets; mitigate the pandemic’s impact on economic development and social security, the Ministry of Health give guidelines on plans for covid-19 prevention and control in case of covid-19 cases in business establishments and industrial park as follows:

1. COVID-19 case in one business establishment or industrial park

1.1. COVID-19 prevention and control measures to be implemented immediately

- Immediately adopt approved plans for prevention and control upon detection of a COVID-19 case.

- Temporarily quarantine a part of the business establishment or industrial park or factory/ production line/ production team/ production area/ work station where each confirmed case (F0) works according to actual situation.

- Isolate F0 cases in the business establishment or industrial park and immediately notify health authority to have them transported to treatment facilities and carry out hotspot identification and disinfection as per regulations.

- Inform all workers present in the business establishment or industrial park; request them to properly make health declaration, comply with 5K requirements and stay in their factories; do not let workers feel confused or anxious.

- Check all workers in the business establishment or industrial park according to worker lists; urgently trace all first-hand contacts (F1) and second-hand contacts (F2); do not miss any F1 or F2; place all F1 cases under centralized quarantine and place all F2 cases under quarantine in their houses and lodgings. Before quarantining F1 cases, divide them into groups based on the location of their work stations and contact risk to quarantine them together with those who have the same work location and contact risk.

- Draw up and send lists of F1 and F2 cases and those not present in the business establishment or industrial park at the time of quarantine to Departments of Health/ district-level healthcare centers of the localities where these people are living for handling as per regulations and, concurrently, cooperate with health authority in asking these people to stay in their houses/ lodgings, make health declaration and take measures against COVID-19 at the request of health authority;

- Cooperate with Department of Health and provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in testing workers according to risk levels.

- Evaluate epidemiological relations between other factories/ production lines/ production teams/ production areas/ work stations and areas where F0 cases work:

 (1) If there is an epidemiological relation with the area where an F0 case works and risk of the disease spreading to the whole business establishment or industrial park, follow the guidelines for Situation 1, Section 3.1.2, Part III of these Guidelines.

 (2) If there is only an epidemiological relation with the area where an F0 case works, cooperate with local government in placing all workers of these factories under home quarantine as per regulations; and testing these workers to identify hotspots.

 (3) If there is no epidemiological relation with the area where an F0 case works, continue to find F1 cases carefully. Any F1 detected shall be separated and placed under centralized quarantine immediately.

1.2. Plans for handling following situations after test results are available

a. Situation 1: multiple confirmed cases are detected in almost all factories/ production lines/ production teams/ production areas/ work stations.

- Isolate F0 cases in the business establishment or industrial park and immediately notify health authority to have them transported to treatment facilities and carry out hotspot identification and disinfection as per regulations.

- Urgently trace all F1 and F2 cases of new F0 cases to place them under quarantine as per regulations. All workers in the business establishment or industrial park shall be regarded as F1 and immediately placed under quarantine.

- Temporarily quarantine the whole business establishment or industrial park.

- Immediately notify local government and steering committees for COVID-19 prevention and control at all levels; urgently trace all relevant cases and notify relevant authorities and nearby business establishments and industrial parks; formulate a plan for large-scale worker quarantine in the business establishment or industrial park.

b. Situation 2: multiple confirmed cases are detected in one factory/ production line/ production team/ production area/ work station.

- Isolate F0 cases in the business establishment or industrial park and immediately notify health authority to have them transported to treatment facilities and carry out hotspot identification and disinfection as per regulations.

- Urgently trace all F1 and F2 cases of new F0 cases to place them under quarantine as per regulations. All workers in the factories/ production lines/ production areas/ work stations where F0 cases work shall be regarded as F1 and immediately placed under quarantine.

- Request all workers to make health declaration with local government and health authority of the localities where they live for cooperation in monitoring and management.

c. Situation 3: no new case is detected; all the other workers in the business establishment or industrial park test negative.

Check all workers in the business establishment or industrial park according to worker lists to manage them and regularly have them take screening tests to promptly detect suspected cases.

2. COVID-19 cases in multiple business establishments and/or industrial parks

- Business establishments and/or industrial parks having confirmed cases shall take measures against COVID-19 according to the guidelines in Section 3.1 Part III herein.

- Each business establishment and industrial park shall regularly assess risk of COVID-19 infection in accordance with the guidelines in Decision No. 2194/QD-BCĐQG dated 27/5/2020.

Based on risk assessment results and actual situation in the business establishments and/or industrial parks, Chairperson of the provincial People’s Committee shall decide whether the business establishments and/or industrial parks may continue to operate to ensure compliance with COVID-19 prevention and control regulations and safe production.

3. Cleaning and disinfection in business establishments and industrial parks having confirmed cases

Carry out cleaning and disinfection according to the guidelines in Official Dispatch No. 1560/BYT-MT dated 25/03/2020 by Ministry of Health.

This Decision takes effect from the date on which it is signed.

For details: QĐ 2787.doc

Department of Enterprise Management.​