Samut Sakhon tightens control on migrant workers to curb Covid-19 infections

By The Nation

 

 

In a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 and avoid a second wave in Samut Sakhon province, provincial governor Veerasak Vijitsaengri has instructed the employment office to ensure all migrant workers are tested for the virus.

 

This order comes in response to the recent breakout in Myanmar, where most migrant workers in the province come from.

Veerasak has told the employment office to ensure:

 

• Businesses only hire migrant workers who have arrived legally. If they are caught hiring any illegal foreign workers, they will be prosecuted in accordance with the emergency decree on management of foreign workers and other laws.

 

• All employers are required to ensure workers who have just arrived in Samut Sakhon undergo Covid-19 tests. If any infections are found, steps will have to be taken in line with government regulations.

 

• For migrant workers already working in the province, employers are required to take preventive measures in strict accordance with measures prescribed by the Public Health Ministry.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30399814

 

 

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What about ASQ and a $100k insurance one may ask????

54 minutes ago, webfact said:

All employers are required to ensure workers who have just arrived in Samut Sakhon undergo Covid-19 tests. If any infections are found, steps will have to be taken in line with government regulations.

If a negative test 72h before departure only apply when you arrive by flight, what about landboarders? And i thought everyone had 3 tests, before being let out of quaranten? 

They should encourage all migrant workers who are already here to stay by making any regulations, red tape, paperwork and fees all disappear.

 

This will reduce the need for border crossings but unfortunately it will increase the need for thinking.

 

2 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

What about ASQ and a $100k insurance one may ask????

Like a migrant worker making 300 baht a day, would be able to afford to play the game they expect tourists and expats to play.  Maybe if the employer payed for it all....lol

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Businesses only hire migrant workers who have arrived legally. If they are caught hiring any illegal foreign workers, they will be prosecuted in accordance with the emergency decree on management of foreign workers and other laws.

That'll be the first time ever....