Ships from China to be quarantined before entering Hai Phong
Northern Hai Phong city’s port authority under the Vietnam Maritime Administration (VMA) has required all ships traveling from China’s ports to the locality within 14 days to be medically quarantined at the Hon Dau anchorage before entering Hai Phong port.
Hanoi (VNA) – Northern Hai Phong city’s port authority underthe Vietnam Maritime Administration (VMA) has required all ships traveling fromChina’s ports to the locality within 14 days to be medically quarantined at theHon Dau anchorage before entering Hai Phong port.
The regulation, which began from February 4, aims to prevent the acute respiratory disease caused by the 2019 novelcoronavirus (nCoV).
In a notification, the authority asked agents and ship owners to make medicaldeclarations for their ships leaving from Chinese ports to Hai Phong port, andnotify the Hai Phong International Health Quarantine Centre for medical quarantineprocedures in line with regulations.
According to representatives from the authority, in order to prevent andcontrol the nCoV, the agency has arranged 24/7 personnel to receive and update informationrelated to the disease and arriving vessels.
It has coordinated with the centre to arrange anchorage and isolation areas forships with crew members aboard having symptoms of this disease.
Captain of ships from China were requested to call the phone number: 0225.3842.682 or 0225.3842.065, and the hotline:0976.119.979 if their crew members suffer from such symptoms as fever, cough,and breath difficulty.
Previously, the VMA sent an urgent dispatch to its member port authorities toask for more attention to the medical quarantine work, towards effectively preventingand controlling the epidemic./.
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