They are among a total of roughly 320,000 workers at 17 local industrial parks and export processing zones who were given the first Covid-19 vaccination nine weeks ago.
People queued for Covid-19 vaccination in HCM City
Of the 250,000 workers, 60,000 are staying at work and the remainder are temporarily staying at rented accommodation or have returned to their hometown.
According to the HBA, up to 70,000 workers at the city’s industrial parks and export processing zones have not yet been vaccinated against Covid-19. Meanwhile, many of them have not yet been listed in their localities for Covid-19 vaccination. The association have asked municipal authorities to hold Covid-19 vaccination programmes to give them the first shot, adding that enterprises are willing to pay all costs for the vaccination.
Currently, thousands of HCM City companies and factory workers who are living in rented houses in the neighbouring provinces of Binh Duong, Long An and Dong Nai are finding it hard to access Covid-19 vaccinations. Under the HBA’s proposal, local authorities need to create favourable conditions for businesses to co-operate with private health units to launch mobile Covid-19 vaccination activities to benefit these workers.
