Illegal immigrants sent to quarantine in Quang Binh (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh
Long has submitted a report to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, proposing that should be suspended or limited from
countries and territories where new variants of the are found.
In the report, the minister noted that 34 countries had announced
the detection of new COVID-19 variants as of January 3.
On December 18, 2020, the World Health Organisation reported
that a was found in the UK, which is said to be
70 percent more transmissible than the old one. It is spreading to other
countries rapidly.
So far, more than 40 countries territories have restricted
travel from/to the UK and other countries that have reported cases with the
virus variant.
Germany and the Netherlands have been the first to close the
border with the UK, while France has requested travellers to take quarantine
and show proof that they have been tested negative for SARS-CoV-2.
Meanwhile, Spain and Turkey have banned immigrants from the
UK until the end of January. The US and the rest of Europe have also reduced
the number of flights to the UK.
Japan has announced the ban of all entries until the end of
this month, while Indonesia has refused to receive travellers from the UK.
In Vietnam, Patient 1,435 returning home from Britain and quarantined
in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh upon arrival on December 22 was confirmed
to be infected with the new virus strain.
So far, Vietnam has reported 1,497 COVID-19 cases, including 693 found in the
community./.
Source: VietnamPlus
