Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong (left) at the conference (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –
said at the on March 31 that the Health
Minister is still studying and working on scenarios for the use of “vaccine passport”
in the future.
Cuong noted that the issue of is still under
debate in many countries.
In Vietnam, the Health Minister is collaborating with other
ministries and sectors to research the issue and report to the Government and
the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, he said,
stressing the goal of ensuring safety in pandemic prevention while re-opening
the economy through the resumption of flights.
According to the deputy minister, the first thing is to devise
suitable quarantine procedures for entrants who have received full doses of
vaccine.
“Related options on the matter must be considered thoroughly, so
as to balance the benefits and risks. The benefits here are economic
development from the reopening, but there is still the risk of the pandemic
spreading in the community,” Cuong said.
For this reason, the implementation of vaccine passport is not
simple, and must be done step by step, he said.
Earlier during the regular Government meeting for March, Prime
Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the health, tourism and diplomacy sectors to
early study and issue a mechanism for vaccine passports in order to promote trade
and investment. The health sector was told to submit a plan for this matter as
soon as possible.
Also at the press conference, Minister, Chairman of the
Government Office Mai Tien Dung said PM Phuc had instructed Government members
to continue working for the twin goals and flexibly use micro policies to
timely respond to unfavourable developments in the world situation, towards
achieving set growth targets./.
Source: VietnamPlus
