Ministry orders tighter control of entry via border gates
The Ministry of Transport has ordered its affiliates to strengthen the control of entry into Vietnam via border gates in an attempt to contain the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
Foreigners fill in health declaration forms at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry ofTransport has ordered its affiliates to strengthen the control of entry intoVietnam via border gates in an attempt to contain the spread of the acuterespiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
Those agencies need to guide all peopleentering Vietnam to fill in the compulsory electronic health declaration.
Airlines must inform all passengers, bothVietnamese and foreigners, on the requirement to make health declarationsbefore entering Vietnam, starting from 6:00 am on March 7.
Airports are also requested to work withhealth authorities to zone off areas for health declaration and examination, aswell as notify foreign airlines operating flights from/to Vietnam.
Transport firms and drivers must askpassengers to report their health conditions in the e-health declaration formsbefore departing for and entering Vietnam, as well as to closely followregulations on COVID-19 prevention and control by Vietnamese authorities.
According to the national steeringcommittee for COVID-19 prevention and control, 106,355 infection cases havebeen reported around the world, including 3,600 deaths, in 102 countries andterritories. There are more than 1,000 new cases each day, and the number couldrise slightly in the next few days.
As of 8pm of March 8, Vietnam had confirmed30 infection cases, including 16 already having recovered. The 14 latest cases,including five Vietnamese and nine foreigners, have been in quarantine./.
Hanoi is promoting epidemiological investigation to identify the persons having contact with its first COVID-19 case, confirmed on March 6, and localising areas with infected patients.
Vietnam has officially entered the second phase of the fight against COVID-19 since the 17th case was detected two days ago, and this phase is even more difficult than the first one, but the country is ready to respond to any circumstance, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said on March 8.
Deputy Prime Minister and head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control Vu Duc Dam on March 8 requested compulsory health declarations for all citizens in the country to start on March 10 at the latest.
Vietnam has sufficient capability, resources and experience to control the COVID-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed at a meeting held on March 9 in response to complex developments of the disease in the country.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Foreigners fill in health declaration forms at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) 
