14-day quarantine mandatory for everyone entering Vietnam from March 21

At Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – All of the passengers entering Vietnam will have to undergo a
14-day concentrated quarantine period as from 0:00 on March 21, according to
the .

The
ministry has sent an urgent notice on this issue to the Civil Aviation
Authority of Vietnam (CAA), asking it to instruct airlines to notify their
customers.

Those
who come to Vietnam for diplomatic and official purposes will be quarantined at
diplomatic agencies or accommodation establishments under the monitoring of
authorities and medical agencies, according to the notice.

The
ministry has also ordered airlines to prepare compulsory medical declaration
forms to the passengers, check their body temperature before they enter the terminals,
and sterilise the planes.

Airport
authorities will have to coordinate with relevant agencies to disperse
passengers at the quarantine areas in the terminals in order to avoid
congestion, the notice said, adding every passenger should not be kept there
for more than 90 minutes./.