Southern localities work to support returnees from pandemic-hit areas
The Ho Chi Minh City High Command will coordinate with agencies of the city to ensure workers living in the city return to their home provinces and cities safely.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City High Command will coordinate with agencies of thecity to ensure workers living in the city return to their home provinces andcities safely.
Senior LieutenantColonel Nguyen Thanh Phong, political commissar of HCM City High Command, saidthat the workers will be provided with food, water and medicines during theirjourney back to their home villages. They can call the hotlines 069652401 and 02866822000to request support if necessary.
According to the People’s Committeeof the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau, nearly 20,000 people have returned tothe province from pandemic hotspots since October 1, and more are likely toarrive in the coming days.
Can Tho's forces maintain checkpoints at entrances to the city, where returnees will be tested and sorted out for quarantine. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Vice Secretary of the provincialParty Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Huynh QuocViet and the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee have agreed to applya 28-consecutive-day quarantine period at home for returnees.
To ensure the health and safety of people as well as contain the spread ofCOVID-19 pandemic, the provincial People’s Committee clearly stipulates thatpeople who are allowed to be quarantined at home must have received at least oneshot of vaccine against COVID-19 for at least 14 days, or fully recovered fromthe disease within six months. They also have to show negative testing result forSARS-CoV-2 virus.
Meanwhile, Vice Chairman of the People’sCommittee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho Duong Tan Hien on October 5 signeda document on implementing policies to support local people returning theirhome.
Accordingly,local forces have maintained checkpoints at entrances to the city, where returneeswill be tested and sorted out for quarantine. Those who are quarantined atdesignated facilities will receive subsidies for meals and medical care, whilethose who are eligible for home quarantine are given 15kg of rice and 500,000VND in cash each to help them with daily needs./.
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Can Tho's forces maintain checkpoints at entrances to the city, where returnees will be tested and sorted out for quarantine. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) 
