Localities asked to keep quarantining people from some coronavirus-hit countries
The Ministry of Health (MoH) on February 29 continued to urge localities nationwide to push ahead with quarantining people from some countries hit by COVID-19, given high risk of recording new cases.
A Vietnamese student returning from the Republic of Korea is quarantined at the medical centre of An Thi district, Hung Yen province (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health (MoH)on February 29 continued to urge localities nationwide to push ahead withquarantining people from some countries hit by COVID-19, given high risk of recordingnew cases.
In Dispatch No. 991/BYT/DP, the MoH asked the People’sCommittees of provinces and centrally-run cities to include people coming fromor travelling through Iran and Italy, apart from China and the Republic ofKorea, among those who have tofill in medical declaration forms and be kept in quarantine.
In particular, people coming from or traveling throughCOVID-19-hit areas of the four countries, where the numbers of infected casesare rising fast, or having close contact with persons with fever, cough and shortnessof breath must be put in concentrated quarantine facilities.
Meanwhile, those coming from or travelling throughdisease-free areas of these countries must be quarantined at home in accordancewith the ministry’s guidance.
For Vietnamese nationals who don’t have to stay at concentratedquarantine establishments, health departments of the localities organising initialquarantine for them have to send information to the localities they reside inso that these persons will remain quarantined at home for 14 days in line withregulations.
So far, Vietnam has confirmed 16 COVID-19 patients, all ofwhom fully recovered. The countryhasn’t recorded any new cases since February 13./.
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The Health Ministry said on February 29 that it has sent dispatch No.987/BYT-DP to People’s Committees of cities and provinces informing them on the requirement for medical declaration for travellers coming from or travelling through Iran and Italy.
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A Vietnamese student returning from the Republic of Korea is quarantined at the medical centre of An Thi district, Hung Yen province (Photo: VNA) 
