A sharp deterioration in the epidemiological situation in Vietnam threatens the world to the disappearance of seafood. Serious interruptions are expected to export goods to key markets, including the United States, China and South Korea. Reports about it Bloomberg.
The number of cases of infection exceeded 166 thousand compared to 4500 at the end of June. The authorities introduced a strict regime of self-insulation for all residents of the country. In addition, the Government demanded from producers of seafood to provide their employees to their employees in production, which firms could not be made because of too high costs.
These harsh measures caused serious damage to the industry. About 70 percent of the companies in the south suspended their activities, and production has already decreased by 50 percent compared with the additional daily level and, according to manufacturers, it may fall by another 30 percent.
Also because of restrictions there is no one to grow and collect a harvest designed for foreign markets. According to the Department of Agriculture of Vietnam, the export of fruits and vegetables will fall by 30 percent, since all the forces of Southern Vietnam, where most of the production is concentrated, thrown on the fight against the deadly outbreak of coronavirus. The authorities in the Mekong Delta, the region, which is called the “rice bowl” of Vietnam, even resorted to the help of the military for harvesting rice.
At the request of the ministry, all agricultural workers should vaccinate to cope with export interruptions. Currently, approximately about 40 percent. In the whole country with a population of 98 million intensity of less than one percent of the inhabitants.