Vietnam Airlines: Male flight attendant violates regulations on nCoV isolation



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Male flight attendant is “patient 1342”, during the time of home isolation, violated regulations, contact with friends and family, infecting “patient 1347”.

A Vietnam Airlines flight crew leader, who did not want to name, on the night of November 30, admitted guilt of this flight attendant.

Unlike the Ministry of Health regulations on immigration isolation, with overseas and round-trip flights to welcome guests to Vietnam, the flight attendants and the pilot on board are isolated at two locations in Vietnam. Airlines in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City for a minimum of 5 days.

After the test results are negative twice, the pilot and flight attendant can be quarantined for 14 days. The establishment of these two accommodation establishments and the quarantine and testing procedures were approved by the National Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Covid-19.

However, according to the leader, the host violated the quarantine rule of contacting friends and family during the quarantine, causing the virus to infect others.

Male flight attendants from Japan entered Vietnam on November 14 and stayed in an isolated area managed by Vietnam Airlines at 115 Hong Ha, Ward 2, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, from November 14 to 18.

After testing the negative result twice, this flight attendant was isolated at an inn on Bach Dang Street, Ward 2, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City. During the isolation process, the flight attendant got in direct contact with her mother (a Hoc Mon resident), a friend (a Binh Thanh resident) and a friend (a District 6 resident). In which, the friend who worked as an English teacher came to live with the inn, on the afternoon of November 30, he registered as “patient 1347”, 192 contacts had to be isolated, monitored and tested.

The case also ended 120 days of nCoV infection in the HCMC community.

On the afternoon of November 30, the Ministry of Health asked Vietnam Airlines to comply with the quarantine regulations in the facilities that the airline has registered. The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi City, where Vietnam Airlines has registered for quarantine, closely verifies and monitors the quarantine process and prevents infection in the quarantine area.

Last week at Online conferences to strengthen the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic in the new situation, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said there is a situation of negligence, negligence in supervision, isolation, especially in hotels, civil accommodation. The Minister suggested that local authorities at all levels, especially those at the base, strictly comply with the supervision and monitoring of home isolation.

About New medical immigration and control process from the Ministry of Health, still in draft, visitors to Vietnam are classified into three groups:

Group one: Vietnamese citizens, foreigners who are relatives of Vietnamese citizens

Group Two: Foreigners who are experts, investors, business managers, high-tech workers, experts, and family members (parents, spouses, children) entering Vietnam to stay and stay 14 days or more; students, international students.

Group three: Foreigners who enter for diplomatic or official purposes; Foreign experts working in Vietnam for less than 14 days.

In addition to the above groups, others will be authorized by the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and the National Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Covid-19. The crew belongs to this “other” group.

According to the draft, all people entering Vietnam on commercial flights will pay for all costs for transportation, hotel isolation, and Covid-19 testing.

In particular, guests entering for diplomatic or official purposes (staying in Vietnam for more than 14 days) will be free, except when they are required to stay at the hotel upon request.

In addition to the necessary documents, prior to entry, the above three groups must have a negative certificate for nCoV issued by the competent authority 3-5 days before the departure date, they must make an electronic medical statement within 12 hours before of the output and configuration of the follow-up response.

Separately, group one and group two need additional registration with confirmation of hotel, resort and shuttle admission. In a concentrated isolation area, the medical isolation decision should be made in a concentrated isolation facility in a hotel.

For group two, apply for additional health insurance or agree to pay the expenses in case of Covid-19.

Regarding the sampling procedure, group one will be collected twice at the beginning and on day 14. Group 2, taking samples twice on day 1 and the second time on Friday. currently isolating at home, lodging for 7 more days for a full 14 days, then follow-up and follow-up for another 14 days.

With group three, there is no centralized isolation, rather it is isolated at home, accommodation organized by representative companies or agencies. Depending on the topic, the third group will be sampled on the first and fourteenth day or the first and then every 3 days.

All isolators concentrated in the concentrated isolator, in hotels, at home, accommodation … must guarantee the performance of 14 days of mandatory medical isolation and follow-up supervision. 14 days, for a total of 28 days.

Le Nga – Doan Loan

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