At an airport in Vietnam – illustrative photo (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Those who enter Vietnam from the
Republic of Korea () have been officially required to fill out medical
declaration forms amid the increase of confirmed
new disease () cases in the East Asian country, according
to the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The information was announced in a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and
Control in Hanoi on February 24.
In order to prevent the disease from entering Vietnam, the MoH has asked the
People’s Committees of provinces and cities nationwide to direct concerned
agencies to apply medical declaration for all people from the RoK entering
Vietnam at all border gates and airports.
Medical quarantine measures must be applied if passengers show signs of cough,
fever, shortness of breath, and respiratory
disease,
the ministry said.
The international medical quarantine, preventive medicine, and disease control centres
are responsible for printing and distributing medical declaration forms, which
are provided free of charge at border gates.
Meanwhile, medical quarantine staff are required to check and store ‘
medical declarations, the ministry added./.
Source: VietnamPlus
