The Supervision Committee for Mandalay Region Industrial Zone starts inspection tour to some factories whether they are in line with health guidelines in order to resume their business operations, said committee chair U Khin Maung Hla.
“We go on an inspection tour to the factories that have submitted their preventive measures on COVID-19. We check whether the factories follow the health guidelines or not. About 15 food factories have been inspected. On 26 April, we went on an inspection tour with five teams. Over 100 factories in the region have requested the committee for inspection,” he added.
The inspection teams are comprised of officials from the Supervision Committee on Industrial Zone, the General Administration Department, the Health Department, the Directorate of Labour, the Industrial Supervision and Inspection Department.
The state has urged people to work from home for certain businesses. They check if the factories have marked off six-feet distance for social distancing and have prepared the mandatory face mask and glove for every individual worker, systematic seating plan for transportation, thermometers, handwashing basin, systematic waste management, enough green space and healthy food. They also ensure that the factories must be ready for their workers to send the hospital if the common symptoms of coronavirus infection are found.
The workers can make a complaint if they are forced to work during the mandatory inspection period of factories and workshops, said an official of the Confederation of Trade Unions in Myanmar (CTUM).
The factories and workplaces in the respective industrial zones across the country will undergo mandatory inspection between 20 and 30 April to resume their operations, in line with the regulations and guidelines on coronavirus infection issued by the Ministry of Health and Sports, and the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population announced.
During the inspection, pharmaceutical factories, food production factories, other factories, workplaces and departments that are ready for re-operating in accord with health instructions, factories and workplaces with more than 1,000 workers, and other factories, workplaces and departments are prioritized in order, the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population stressed.—Thant Zaw Min, Myint Soe
(Translated by Ei Myat Mon)
