HCM City strengthens management of quarantine for entries
HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s
Committee has issued a document on the process of management of medical quarantine
for entries as directed by the Prime Minister in accordance with the Government
Office’s Dispatch No.9406/CD-VPCP dated December 23, 2021, in an effort to control the spread of new Omicron variant.
Accordingly, all entering the country via Tan Son Nhat International Airport
from January 1, 2022 must register for QR codes at PC-COVID app or the website https://antoan-covid.tphcm.gov.vn.
If they test negative for SARS-CoV-2 at the airport, they must follow 5K
regulations from the airport to their residences. It they test positive, they
will be put under quarantine or sent to temporary COVID-19 treatment hospital
No.12 for treatment.
They were required to monitor their health and fill in daily
health declarations.
Those who are fully vaccinated, recover from COVID-19 or test
negative at the airport are not permitted to leave their residences within
three days and test for the virus using RT-PCR method on the third day since their arrival. In case they show the symptoms of coughing, high temperature or breath difficulties, they must immediately report to local medical station.
For unvaccinated or partly vaccinated passengers, they must undergo self-quarantine at their residences within seven days from their arrival and
seriously follow COVID-19 prevention and control regulations.
Local authorities must actively collect samples for RT-PCR
testing of passengers on the third and seventh days of their stay in line
with the Health Ministry’s regulations. If negative, their health must be
monitored for 14 days since their arrival and if positive, they will be sent to
the temporary COVID-19 treatment hospital No.12 and reported to the municipal
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for genomic sequencing together
with the Pasteur Institute./.