Hanoi (VNA) – The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam(CAAV) has sent a document to the Transport Ministry proposing the suspensionof flights to and from Tho Xuan airport in Thanh Hoa province, and flights between Ho Chi Minh Cityand Phu Bai in Thua Thien-Hue province and between HCM City and Chu Lai in Quang Nam province.
Accordingly, flights to and from Tho Xuan airport and HCM City-Phu Bai flights will be suspended from 0am on July 4, and those between Ho Chi Minh City and ChuLai and vice versa from 0am on July 5.
The CAAV said the proposal was raised by authorities of thecentral provinces of Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam to curb the spreadof COVID-19 pandemic.
Special flights carrying medical staff and supplies will beconsidered by CAVV.
As of 12:30pm on July 3, Vietnam confirmed 16,853 local and 1,837 imported cases. The numbers of recoveries and deaths amounted to 7,395 and 84, respectively.
Among active patients undergoing treatment, 260 tested negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 138 twice and 89 thrice.
The number of cases since the fourth COVID-19 wave hit the country in late April reached 15,283, of whom 4,621 had been given the all-clear./