Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) staff, who had contact with a Japanese passenger tested positive for SARS-CoV-2
on Vietnam Airlines’ VN340 flight, have been put into quarantine, the Health
Ministry reported on March 4.
Earlier on March 3, the Japanese passenger boarded the
Vietnam Airlines’ flight VN814 with 72 others from Cambodia’s Siem Reap to Ho
Chi Minh City, then took a transit flight VN340 to Japan’s Nagoya city.
After landing in Japan, the Japanese passenger showed the
symptom of fever and tested positive for .
All crewmembers on VN340 flight returned to Vietnam on
flight VN341, which landed at Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat airport at
1:55pm on March 4. The flight carried 73 passengers and 12 crewmembers.
Accordingly, 51 passengers entering Vietnam and all
crewmembers have been put into quarantine. The 22 others were also quarantined
and are making procedures for transit flights.
The aircraft used for VN341 flight was also disinfected.
At Tan Son Nhat airport, two security staff and six service
staff at business lounge, class C were also quarantined due to having close
contact with the Japanese passenger.
Both Vietnamese and Japanese agencies are investigating
itinerary of the Japanese patient in Cambodia./.
Source: VietnamPlus
