Companies asked to screen employees for COVID-19

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - With reports of recent clusters emerging at factories and workplaces, the Ministry of Industry is now asking private firms to provide COVID-19 testing for their employees and to comply with transmission control measures.

 

The Ministry of Industry is asking private firms across the country to arrange active COVID-19 testing for their employees, particularly at factories, and to strictly follow necessary protocols to prevent infection and control the transmission.

 

The Ministry of Industry, Deputy Permanent Secretary Worawan Chit-arun said today active testing has already been performed among some 56,000 workers at 759 factories in 64 provinces, with 2,131 people - around 4% of the workers, testing positive to COVID-19.

 

To reduce transmission risks, the Ministry of Industry is now asking companies in all provinces to arrange COVID-19 testing for their employees, and to enhance their transmission prevention measures, according to the operations manual issued by the Ministry of Public Health.

 

Factories are also asked to comply with the operational guidelines issued by the Federation of Thai Industries in case their employees contract the virus.

 

The Ministry of Industry has instructed the Department of Industrial Works, the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand, and the provincial industrial offices in all provinces to closely monitor the situation at all factories within their scope of supervision.

 

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[Petey11]

Should see number of people tested daily rocket skywards then. Question is who's going to fund this, the Government or the companies?

[sammieuk1]

In all probability the cost will be docked from their wages ????

[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

With reports of recent clusters emerging at factories and workplaces, the Ministry of Industry is now asking private firms to provide COVID-19 testing for their employees and to comply with transmission control measures.

Better late than never... but hey-ho.

You'd think factories and employers in general would have been doing this for the last year.

Hence all the clusters emerging now.

[Crossy]

And with the policy of "hospitalising" anyone testing positive the facilities will be full to bursting.

[Caldera]

A factory owner who tests the workers will have their factory converted to a prison camp overnight. I'd guess they will do whatever it takes to avoid that.

Edited June 4, 2021 by Caldera

[chilly07]

Well that should soak up all remaining vaccines!

[Cake Monster]

12 hours ago, Petey11 said:

Should see number of people tested daily rocket skywards then. Question is who's going to fund this, the Government or the companies?

The Companies will have to fund the testing.

And it is not before time that these Companies that are putting Profits and Share price before the Health of their workers and those people in the immediate vicinity of the Factories.

This is known as Corporate Responsibility, a concept that very few Companies here in Asia have any idea about, and are even less likely to implement if it costs them any Money.