In Vietnam: Shall employees suffered from occupational COVID - 19 be covered by social insurance for occupational diseases?

In Vietnam: Shall employees suffered from occupational COVID - 19 be covered by social insurance for occupational diseases?

Pursuant to Article 3 of the Circular 15/2016/TT-BYT (amended by Article 1 of the Circular 02/2023/TT-BYT, which is effective from 01/04/2023) stipulating list of occupational diseases covered by social insurance and guidelines for diagnosis and examination in Vietnam as follows:

1. Occupational silicosis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 1 issued together with this Circular.

2. Occupational asbestosis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 2 issued together with this Circular.

3. Occupational byssinosis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 3 issued together with this Circular. .

4. Occupational talc pneumoconiosis lung disease and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 4 issued together within this Circular.

5. Occupational coalworker's pneumoconiosis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 5 issued together with this Circular.

6. Occupational chronic bronchitis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 6 issued together with this Circular.

7. Occupational asthma and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 7 issued together with this Circular.

8. Occupational lead poisoning and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 8 issued together with this Circular.

9. Occupational intoxication of benzene and benzene homologues and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 9 issued together with this Circular.

10. Occupational mercurialism and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 10 issued together with this Circular.

11. Occupational manganism and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 11 issued together with this Circular.

12. Occupational trinitrotoluene poisoning and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 12 issued together with this Circular.

13. Occupational asernic poisoning and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 13 issued together with this Circular.

14. Occupational intoxication of pesticide chemicals and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 14 issued together with this Circular.

15. Occupational nicotine poisoning and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 15 issued together with this Circular.

16. Occupational carbon monoxide poisoning and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 16 issued together with this Circular.

17. Occupational cadmium poisoning and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 17 issued together with this Circular.

18. Noise-induced hearing loss and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 18 issued together with this Circular.

19. Occupational decompression sickness and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 19 issued together with this Circular.

20. Occupational whole-body vibration and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 20 issued together with this Circular.

21. Occupational local vibration and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 21 issued together with this Circular.

22. Occupational radiation toxicity and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 22 issued together with this Circular.23. Occupational cataract and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 23 issued together with this Circular.

24. Occupational black acne disease and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 24 issued together with this Circular.

25. Occupational melasma and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 25 issued together with this Circular.

26. Occupational chromium contact dermatitis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 26 issued together with this Circular.

27. Occupational skin diseases due to prolonged wet and cold exposure and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 27 issued together with this Circular.

28. Occupational skin diseases due to exposure to natural rubber and rubber additive chemicals and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 28 issued together with this Circular.

29. Occupational leptospirosis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 29 issued together with this Circular.

30. Occupational hepatitis B and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 30 issued together within this Circular.

31. Occupational tuberculosis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 31 issued together with this Circular.

32. HIV infection due to occupational accidents and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 32 issued together with this Circular.

33. Occupational hepatitis C and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 33 issued together with this Circular.

34. Occupational mesotholioma cancer and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment prescribed in Appendix 34 issued together with this Circular.

35. Occupational COVID - 19 and guidelines for diagnosis and examination thereof prescribed in Appendix 35 enclosed herewith.

As regulations above, from 01/04/2023, employees suffered from occupational COVID - 19 in Vietnam shall be covered by social insurance for occupational diseases.

What jobs are considered occupations and sources of exposure to the COVID-19 virus in Vietnam?

In Appendix 35 of the guidance on diagnosis and assessment of occupational COVID-19 disease, issued together with Circular 02/2023/TT-BYT (effective from April 1, 2023) stipulating that employees doing occupations and sources of exposure to the COVID-19 virus in Vietnam are as follows:

1) People who work at medical establishments.

2) Professionals, laboratory workers, taking samples, transporting samples, handling, preserving and destroying samples containing SARS-CoV-2 virus.

3) People who do occupations and jobs in epidemic prevention, service and relief for people infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus include:

- People who do jobs or work directly in concentrated isolation areas, medical isolation at home, medical isolation in epidemic areas, support to care for COVID-19 patients at home;

- Persons who transport and serve COVID-19 patients;

- Persons who transport, bury, preserve, cremate and bury bodies of COVID-19 patients;

- The person who monitors, investigates and verifies the COVID-19 epidemic;

- Customs officers, diplomats, immigration officers;

- 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 who do other occupations and jobs are assigned to participate in the prevention of COVID-19 epidemic.

What are regulations on the Record of Occupational Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 virus?

According to Appendix 36, Minutes of determining occupational exposure to sars-cov-2 virus issued together with Circular 02/2023/TT-BYT (effective from April 1, 2023) stipulates as follows:

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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REPORT

DETERMINATION OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO THE SARS-COV-2 VIRUS

Full name: …………………………………………………….Age: ………….. Gender: ………….

Job: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………

Work place: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………

1. Circumstances of infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus, information on the source of the disease during work: (detailed description)

……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………

2. Having contact or infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus from family members, friends, relatives or people who are not in the process of work:

Yes No

If yes: specify circumstances and time

……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………

3. First time positive test result for SARS-CoV-2 virus: date... month .... year ....

4. Health status after contracting COVID-19:

……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………

Best regards!