Over 200 hotels to provide paid quarantine services

As many as 207 hotels with nearly 23,250 beds in 25 cities and provinces across the country have registered to provide paid quarantine services by July 30, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
Over 200 hotels to provide paid quarantine services ảnh 1Special quarantine area (Photo: VNA)

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As many as 207 hotels with nearly 23,250 beds in 25 cities and provinces across the country have registered to provide paidquarantine services by July 30, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

This is part of the efforts topartly help the hospitality industry survive the impacts of the pandemicthat has seen travel restrictions and border closures.

Of the accommodations, 41 in thecentral city of Da Nang where the COVID-19 pandemic has broke out, six in the capital cityof Hanoi, nine in thesouthern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City and 15 hotels in southern Dong Nai.

Other localities where paidquarantine is available now include Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Vinh Phuc, Hai Duong,Bac Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Quang Binh, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam, Quảng Ngai,Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Phu Yen, Lam Dong, Binh Duong, BaRia-Vung Tau, Can Tho and Kien Giang.

Deputy Director of HCM City’sTourism Department Nguyen Thi AnhHoa said the department worked with the city’s Centre for Diseases Control andother agencies to select qualified locations to provide paid quarantine.

By6:00 pm on August 5, the country had reported 713 COVID-19 cases, including 309 imported ones that have beenquarantined right after their arrival, and 264 new cases related to the centralcity of Da Nang since July 25.

Currently1,565 people are being quarantined at hospitals, 20,645 at other concentratedfacilities, and 97,831 others at home./.
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