Masahiro Hirakawa, who is in charge of technical trainee affairs under the MHLW, told the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) that Japanese authorities are providing support to the trainees in avoiding the dangerous disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
He said the ministry has delivered documents on preventive measures in Vietnamese to the trainees, and instructed employers and organisations managing the trainees to equip them with precautionary measures, stressing the most important thing as the provision of accurate information about the disease.
Employers and organisations managing the trainees are also required to take precautionary measures at the workplace, allow them to stay at home if they show flu or fever symtpoms, and send interpreters to accompany the trainees in case they need to go to hospital.
According to Hirakawa, the trainees can also contact the consulting section of the Organisation for Technical Intern Training (OTIT) if they need assistance in Vietnamese.
The Japanese ministry has also closely coordinated with the labour management board of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on healthcare for the trainees, he added.
In case any trainee gets COVID-19, employers and management organisations will help infected trainees to access health services in local medical facilities, the official pledged.
