Proposed flight attendants must also be in central quarantine for 14 days

Talk to the newspaper Online youth After the afternoon meeting from 1 to 12, Mr. Nguyen Tan Binh – Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department – said in a meeting with the Government that same afternoon that Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi had proposed to eliminate the quarantine regime. only for crew members.

Consequently, crew members after flights from abroad will be centrally isolated for 14 days, instead of applying the current mixed isolation regime both at home.

Specifically, the isolation of the Vietnam Airlines flight crew is implemented in accordance with Official Letter No. 3588 / CV-BCĐ dated July 2, 2020 of the National COVID-19 Prevention Steering Committee.

Consequently, during concentrated isolation, the person with 2 negative COVID-19 tests (provided that the entire crew and passengers are also negative 2 times) will leave the quarantine area and continue the procedure. Isolate doctors in the home and residence under the direction of the Ministry of Health. Test a second time after at least 72 hours from the first sample.

Mr. Nguyen Tan Binh – Director of the Department of Health – spoke at a press conference in the afternoon from 1 to 12 – Photo: TRUNG TRUNG

Regulations both in centralized isolation and at home only showed “hole” when patient 1342 – airline flight attendant Vietnam Airlines – After 4 days of concentrated isolation it was returned to quarantine accommodation (after test results are negative 2 times)

However, this patient subsequently violated quarantine commitments. Specifically, the patient had direct contact with 3 people, including: mother and two friends (a man and a woman). In which the friend (born 1988, resident of ward 3, district 6) came to live with him and tested positive for COVID-19, becoming a 1347 patient.

The director of the City’s Health Department said the proposal stems from the reality of two locations where groups of international flights of Vietnam Airlines operate.