COVID-19 is an occupational disease entitled to social insurance
20/02/2023
(binhthuan.gov.vn) From April 1, 2023, COVID-19 became one of the
occupational diseases entitled to social insurance. This is the latest
regulation under Circular 02/2023 amending and supplementing a number of
articles of Circular 15/2016 regulating occupational diseases entitled to
social insurance issued by the Ministry of Health.
Accordingly, 06 common occupations and jobs and sources of
exposure to SARS-CoV-2 virus that are occupational diseases entitled to social
insurance, specifically: people working at health facilities; people working in
laboratory, taking samples, transporting samples, handling, preserving and
destroying samples containing SARS-CoV-2 virus; people working in epidemic
prevention, service and relief for people infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus;
officers, professional soldiers, non-commissioned officers, soldiers of the
people's army, defense civil servants, defense workers and defense officials;
soldiers and officers of the police force; people working in other occupations
and jobs assigned to participate in the prevention of COVID-19.
Thus,
COVID-19 becomes the 35th occupational disease in the list of
occupational diseases entitled to social insurance. Over the years, Binh Thuan
has always paid attention to and implemented many activities to protect, care
for and improve the health of workers; prevent and control occupational disease
to ensure the quality of human resources, maintain stable production and business
activities of units and enterprises, and contribute to the sustainable
development of the province.
According
to the Program on care and improvement of workers' health and prevention of
occupational diseases in the period of 2020 - 2030 of the Provincial People's
Committee, of which by 2025, Binh Thuan will manage 50% of establishments
having harmful factors causing occupational diseases; employees at facilities
at risk of occupational diseases in the province are entitled to access
information on harmful factors, measures for prevention and control, and
entitled for health management and examination for detecting occupational diseases. /.
Hữu Tri