Almost all enterprises in pandemic-hit Bac Giang resume operation

VGP – As many as 5,775 COVID-19 patients in the northern province of Bac Giang, which was the country's biggest coronavirus hotspot in May, have been cleared of the virus, accounting for 99.9 percent.

August 07, 2021 3:23 PM GMT+7

According to the locality's Center for Disease Control, only eight COVID-19 patients with mild illness or showing no symptoms are being treated.

The locality has gone 27 days without community infection.

To date, as many as 322,577 vaccine doses were administered in the province, accounting for 17.9 percent of the local population.

Currently, 100 percent of local enterprises have resumed operation. A total number of 146,912 laborers in the province, making up 97 percent, have returned to work at 369 enterprises located at six industrial parks.

Since July 29, the local authorities has figured out COVID-19 prevention measures in the new normal situation.

Accordingly, local residents are asked to continue to wear masks, practice physical distancing, and avoid closed and crowded settings while business establishments must strictly implement the pandemic prevention and control measures.

By Thuy Dung