Foreigners fill in health declaration forms at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of
Transport has ordered its affiliates to strengthen the control of entry into
Vietnam via in an attempt to contain the spread of the acute
respiratory disease caused by the (COVID-19).
Those agencies need to guide all people
entering Vietnam to fill in the compulsory electronic health declaration.
Airlines must inform all passengers, both
Vietnamese and foreigners, on the requirement to make health declarations
before entering Vietnam, starting from 6:00 am on March 7.
Airports are also requested to work with
health authorities to zone off areas for health declaration and examination, as
well as notify foreign airlines operating flights from/to Vietnam.
Transport firms and drivers must ask
passengers to report their health conditions in the e-health declaration forms
before departing for and entering Vietnam, as well as to closely follow
regulations on COVID-19 prevention and control by Vietnamese authorities.
According to the national steering
committee for prevention and control, 106,355 infection cases have
been reported around the world, including 3,600 deaths, in 102 countries and
territories. There are more than 1,000 new cases each day, and the number could
rise slightly in the next few days.
As of 8pm of March 8, Vietnam had confirmed
30 infection cases, including 16 already having recovered. The 14 latest cases,
including five Vietnamese and nine foreigners, have been in quarantine./.
Source: VietnamPlus
