Seven-day isolation requirement for commuting workers hits HCMC factories
By Dat Nguyen July 10, 2021 | 12:30 pm GMT+7
Employees are tested for Covid-19 at Long Rich factory in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/An Phuong.
The seven-day self-isolation mandate in neighboring provinces for people arriving from HCMC is giving city companies a headache since many of their workers live there.
Some 90 percent of footwear maker Long Rich Vietnam’s 4,000 workers live in Binh Duong Province and this Thu Duc City-based factory is struggling to run at full capacity since they are required to be isolated for seven days on entering their home province as mandated by the Ministry of Health.