A person is tested for SARS-CoV-2. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Hanoi will only require testing for those who come
from -affected areas at level 4 (very high risk) and quarantine
for people from the areas at level 3 (high risk), according to the
city’s Department of Health.
The
Hanoi Department of Health has just issued on the
implementation of for people arriving from other
localities.
Those
who arrive and/or return to the city will not be required to show SARS-CoV-2
test results.
Testing
is not mandatory, except for those coming from pandemic-hit areas at level
4 or medical isolation areas and suspected cases or cases from pandemic areas
at level 3.
Those
who have been fully vaccinated or completely recovered from COVID-19 within six
months by the time they return to Hanoi from the extremely high-risk or
quarantine areas (level 4), will self-monitor their health at home for
seven days and get tested once by RT-PCR method on the first day in Hanoi.
Those
who have received just one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine will self-quarantine at
home for seven days, continue to self-monitor their health at home for the next
seven days, follow the 5K measures and take two tests by RT-PCR method on
the first and seventh days since arrival in the city.
Those
who are not yet vaccinated have to self-quarantine at home for 14 days from the
date of arrival in Hanoi, continue to self-monitor their health for the
next 14 days, and be tested for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR method three times on
the 1st, 7th and 14th days of arrival in Hanoi.
Fully
vaccinated people who return to from level-3 areas have to
self-monitor at home for seven days, while for unvaccinated the duration
is 14 days.
These
returnees are not required to be tested for the virus.
Medical
self-quarantine will not be imposed on those returning from pandemic-hit areas
at levels 2 and 1.
All
people arriving in Hanoi have to make medical declarations and inform the local
authorities.
They
have to immediately notify local health authorities if they have symptoms of
cough, fever, sore throat, loss or decrease in smell and taste.
In
addition, people passing through the city are not required to be tested but
must follow the 5K measures and not stop in the city except for force
majeure cases./.
Source: VietnamPlus
