AGENCIES MUST CONDUCT WEEKLY RAPID ANTIGEN TEST OR RT-PCR TEST FOR AT LEAST 20% OF THEIR AT-RISK EMPLOYEES
The Official Dispatch No. 6666/BYT-MT guiding the COVID-19 prevention and control at agencies and units is promulgated by the Ministry of Health on August 16, 2021.
Accordingly, in order to actively and early detect and timely handle infected cases (F0 cases), suspected cases, close contacts (F1 cases), persons in contact with close contacts (F2 cases) at agencies and units, and to ensure safety and realize the “dual goals”; limit the impact of the pandemic on their operations, the Ministry of Health requests units and agencies to: Establish the Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control; Establish COVID-19 safety teams; Create QR codes of quarantine points tomanage people entering or leaving the unit and making health declaration as prescribed, etc.
Especially, agencies and units must conduct screening tests for SARS-CoV-2 by rapid antigen test or RT-PCR method on a weekly basis for at least 20% of at-risk employees; for employees going on business trips, especially those going to, from, and returning from pandemic areas: they must be tested for SARS-CoV-2 by rapid antigen test or RT-PCR method within 03 days (72 hours) prior to or after the business trip, up to the time of business trip or returning the units and agencies or according to other regulations of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control and the Ministry of Health.
