* Emergency supplies of necessities to be proactively prepared
Binh Duong provincial Department of Industry and Trade has just sent a document to commercial centers, supermarkets, convenience stores, market management boards, and businesses exploiting and managing traditional markets in the province about proactive prevention and control of the spread of Covid-19; and at the same, time ensure essential goods to serve people's shopping needs.
Accordingly, the units focused on implementing measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic such as activation of measures to prevent and control the epidemic at the highest level, establishment of the Covid-19 prevention and control teams, reviews of the entire plans for epidemic prevention and control to be ready for all complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic at the unit according to available sample criteria, the strengthened propaganda (every 60 minutes) with loudspeakers where large crowds of people buying and selling at markets, supermarkets, trade centers, convenience stores, etc. on Covid-19 prevention and control in the current period. It is compulsory for people to shop; for small businesses and people working at markets, supermarkets, commercial centers, convenience stores, and mini marts to wear masks, wash their hands with disinfection solution and to keep a distance when in contact, not to gather in crowds, to firmly grasp information and epidemiological factors of officials, employees and buyers, to strengthen supervision so as to proactively detect early suspected cases of positive for Covid-19 at the units. Coordination is made with functional agencies in timely zoning and isolation. Active and close coordination with authorities is made to quickly track and thoroughly handle so as not to spread Covid-19 in case there is any person suspected of being infected with Covid-19 in the unit.
* The Department of Industry and Trade also recommends commercial centers, supermarkets, mini marts, convenience stores, management boards, business enterprises exploiting and managing traditional markets in the province to effectively implement the provincial People's Committee's plan on stabilizing the essential commodity market in 2021 and responding to the Covid-19 epidemic in the new period. The management is strengthened to grasp the situation of essential goods reserves and to stabilize the market shares at markets, supermarkets, trade centers and convenience stores, and mini marts in the area by ensuring well serving of the shopping needs of the people and food safety, not to incur the situation of stockpiling goods for unreasonable price hikes.
In addition, units need to be ready to carry out situations of providing essential goods and food at each level to respond to epidemic as soon as they receive notifications from state management agencies.
Enterprises participating in the market stabilization program must have a written commitment to ensure the source of goods registered with the Department of Industry and Trade and be ready to supply to the market when there are fluctuations in prices or scarcity of goods; and at the same time, they must develop plans to reserve essential goods to serve the people during the epidemic outbreaks and complicated developments.
Reported by Tieu My – Translated by Vi Bao
