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