At the meeting (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – A “vaccine passport” must include
a QR code or its holder should show a COVID-19 vaccination certificate issued by competent authorities
in countries and territories that have reached bilateral and multilateral
agreements with Vietnam on this regard when entering Vietnam, the Ministry of Health has said.
Citizens from these countries and territories,
who come to with “vaccine passports” must be fully injected at least two
weeks before their entry and less than 12 months since their last shots, heard a meeting of the National Steering Committee
for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi on April 9.
The ministry also proposed that “vaccine passport”
holders should spend a seven-day quarantine period at State-designated establishments
and take two tests. If the tests show negative results, they will self-quarantine at home or places of residence for an additional seven days.
Dang Quang Tan, head of the health ministry’s
General Department of Preventive Medicine, pointed out the high risk of
COVID-19 outbreaks following the roll-out of the “vaccine passport” programme,
given a small number of vaccinated people in Vietnam.
Experts at
the meeting emphasised the need to press ahead with the inoculation drive,
especially in localities.
In his remarks, Deputy Prime Minister ,
who is also head of the national steering committee, asked the ministry to report the progress of
negotiations for vaccine purchase, accelerate the vaccination for
prioritised groups, and pay attention to testing.
The health ministry should coordinate with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and
other relevant ministries and agencies to draw up a roadmap on reopening
borders for foreign tourists, targeting those from countries that have put the pandemic
under control.
It was reported at the meeting that Vietnam has gone
through 15 days without domestically-transmitted infections, and the national
count now stands at 2,683.
The northern province of Hai Duong that was once the
country’s biggest COVID-19 hotspot also recorded no cases over the past
consecutive 14 days./.
Source: VietnamPlus
