A Vietnamese student returning from the Republic of Korea is quarantined at the medical centre of An Thi district, Hung Yen province (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The (MoH)
on February 29 continued to urge localities nationwide to push ahead with
quarantining people from some countries hit by COVID-19, given high risk of recording
new cases.
In Dispatch No. 991/BYT/DP, the MoH asked the People’s
Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to include people coming from
or travelling through and Italy, apart from China and the Republic of
Korea, among those who have to
fill in medical declaration forms and be kept in quarantine.
In particular, people coming from or traveling through
COVID-19-hit areas of the four countries, where the numbers of infected cases
are rising fast, or having close contact with persons with fever, cough and shortness
of breath must be put in concentrated quarantine facilities.
Meanwhile, those coming from or travelling through
disease-free areas of these countries must be quarantined at home in accordance
with the ministry’s guidance.
For Vietnamese nationals who don’t have to stay at concentrated
quarantine establishments, health departments of the localities organising initial
quarantine for them have to send information to the localities they reside in
so that these persons will remain quarantined at home for 14 days in line with
regulations.
So far, Vietnam has confirmed 16 patients, all of
whom fully recovered. The country
hasn’t recorded any new cases since February 13./.
Source: VietnamPlus
