Reopen international flight: expand the quarantine area for incoming people



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Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has just commented on the quarantine reception of Vietnamese citizens on commercial flights to ensure the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Reopen international flight: Enlarge the quarantine area for incoming people - Photo 1.

Phuong Nam Resort (Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City) is one of the isolated Covid-19 addresses as assigned by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health and Tourism Department – Photo: Hoang Trieu

Specifically, the deputy prime minister asked the popular committees of central provinces and cities, especially cities: Hanoi, Can Tho and Ho Chi Minh City, to expand. quarantine area In hotels and accommodation establishments for immigrants (including foreigners and Vietnamese returning home) on commercial flights, notify the Ministry of Health for coordination with the Ministries: National Defense and Public Security. Diplomacy, Transport coordinates the isolation of people who enter, guaranteeing safe and effective prevention and the fight against epidemics and facilitating the operations of hotels and accommodation. The isolation funding is borne by the quarantined person.

Previously, after flying two international commercial pilot flights from Seoul (Korea) to the country in late September, international commercial flights to Vietnam were stopped awaiting instructions. passenger isolation procedures of the Ministry of Health.

In particular, after the VietJet flight from Seoul to Ho Chi Minh City on September 30, passengers caused a disaster at Tan Son Nhat airport due to disagreement over hotel rental rates to isolate many people. Wait more than 10 hours at Tan Son Nhat airport. Many passengers have signed up for isolation at the hotel, but then want to return to the isolation room due to the high hotel prices.

On October 29, the representative of the Ministry of Health said that the process of entry and monitoring and isolation of Covid-19 preventive medicine from people entering Vietnam on a regular international commercial flight has been consulted. ministries, are expected to be published in the near future. According to this regulation, the immigration person pays the total cost of the transport and isolation activities at the hotel, test Covid-19.

It is expected that, prior to entry, these people will check in and get confirmation from the quarantine reception at the hotel, resort and shuttle service (the bill has been paid to the quarantine hotel and shuttle service from the airport to the quarantine).

In a concentrated isolation area, there should be a medical isolation decision in a concentrated isolation facility in a hotel; Work with healthcare workers to collect samples for SARS-CoV-2, leave the quarantine area only if the test result is negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus and you are quarantined for at least 14 days and there is a decision to complete medical isolation in a central isolation facility in a hotel.

Recently, the leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi have asked the Department of Tourism to consider reviewing more affordable hotels with more reasonable prices to cater to people because the price of isolated hotels is still high. . For example, the lowest price for an isolated hotel in Hanoi is 2.6 million / day (not including testing).



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