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En-route entry process on international commercial flights, 14-day concentrated isolation – Source: Ministry of Health – Graphics: T.DAT
According to the draft guidelines, the immigration person will pay the full cost of transportation activities, hotel isolation, COVID-19 testing fee.
Particularly for guests entering Vietnam for diplomatic and official purposes for more than 14 days, trial fees are waived (except for required hotel isolation).
When this draft is enacted, Vietnam may reopen heaven after a hiatus in late September.
3 groups of passengers, 3 isolation methods
People traveling on regular international commercial flights (normal commercial flights) entering Vietnam from countries and areas well controlled by epidemics, with a list of countries and regions well controlled The disease will be decided by the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Committee National Directive, which will be divided into 3 groups with different isolation and testing methods.
Group I is a Vietnamese citizen and the foreigner is a relative (father, mother, wife, husband and children) of the Vietnamese citizen.
Group II are foreigners who are experts, investors, business managers, high-tech workers, experts and relatives (parents, spouses, children), imported international students. scenes in Vietnam to stay, stay for 14 days or more.
Group III is a foreigner entering Vietnam for the purpose of diplomacy, public service, or foreign experts working in Vietnam for less than 14 days.
Mr. Hoang Minh Duc, Deputy Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Health, said that each group of subjects entering a regular international commercial flight, as indicated above, will have a specific process for each group. In particular, the number of tests for COVID-19 of each group will also have to follow the regulations.
Never fly internationally Returns?
Last September, people who wanted to return to Vietnam by air were very excited about the news of the opening of the sky (Vietnam stopped allowing international commercial flights from the end of March 2020).
Accordingly, flights from Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (Korea), Guangzhou (China) and Taiwan will reopen from September 15-22, adding routes to Laos and Cambodia, then more routes from Thailand.
However, after only 2 “pilot” flights were suspended, there was no adequate guidance on immigration procedures, supervision and medical isolation. If the draft guidelines are issued, scheduled international commercial flights will continue from November through.
There are still many processes and regulations that need to be clarified so that when the international commercial flight returns, confusion is avoided, thus avoiding the risk of spreading pathogens to the community, at the same time, facilitating people.
Many countries have returned to normal commercial flights, but they must attach standard procedures on sampling, entry guarding, isolation … Vietnam is preparing to have this process (although very late compared to the needs of the people, the company transport …), to quickly restore commerce and life, in a condition that is both anti-epidemic and at the service of people. Commerce.
Specific implementation like?
This draft proposes that people who enter group I remain in concentrated isolation for at least 14 days, taking samples for analysis on the first day of quarantine and for the second time on the 14th day of admission. After the concentrated quarantine period, local medical supervision will continue for the next 14 days.
Group II entrances will be centrally isolated at the registered hotel 7 days prior to the first day of entry, to be sampled on the first day of entry in case no samples have been collected at the airport, and the second sample will be collected The same day. 6 adjectives at the entrance. If the test result is negative for the corona virus, it is transferred to quarantine on the property.
At the residence, the concentrated quarantine continued for the next 7 days and the final sampling on the 14th day of entry.
Group III entry persons who perform isolation at home, accommodation (because it is a representative agency, hotel or accommodation arranged by a company) for at least 14 days for foreigners who enter for foreign purposes. assigned, on official duty, upon departure, to foreign experts working in Vietnam for less than 14 days.
For foreigners entering for diplomatic or official reasons, this draft recommends taking samples for analysis on the first day and on the 14th day of quarantine. Foreign experts working in Vietnam for less than 14 days due to the lack of concentrated isolation will have to take samples for testing on the first day and then take samples every 3 days.
