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Borders under strict control to prevent spread of COVID-19

Border guard forces and agencies in cities and provinces are strictly monitoring travel through border gates to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Borders under strict control to prevent spread of COVID-19 ảnh 1Border guards in Tay Ninh province on duty for COVID-19 prevention and control (Photo: VNA)


HCM City (VNS/VNA) — Borderguard forces and agencies in cities and provinces are strictlymonitoring travel through border gates to prevent the spreadof COVID-19.

The Border Guard Command has set upeight task forces to oversee disease prevention and control at borderareas such as Lang Son and Lai Chau. The command has increased the numberof personnel at the front lines at main border gates.

At bordergates in the northern province of Lang Son, for instance, 103 guards have been added. After the lunarNew Year holiday, tents were set up along borderguard stations to prevent illegal entry, and more than 100 peopleconnected to illegal entries have been detained.

Borderguards in Quang Ninh province have set up 74 sites and eight mobile teamswith a total of 495 soldiers on duty day and night at theprovince’s main border roads.

At Tay Ninh province’s bordergates and trails, border guards have strict patrols and will fineviolators who try toillegally help people travel through border trails, said Colonel Le Van Vy, deputy head of Border Guard Force, in the province.

Peopletravelling through border gates and trails are required to fill out healthdeclaration forms and stay in quarantine under the Government’srequirements.

Vicechairman of Kien Giang Province People’sCommittee Lam Minh Thanh has instructed police and relevant forces toassist the patrol and control of COVID-19 at border gates. The BorderGuard Command in the Mekong Delta province must strictlycontrol cross-border activities via trails or rivers, he said.

As many as1,598 teams with 9,398 guards and other relevant forces are patrolling andcontrolling travel at border gates and trails throughout thecountry. They have detained 4,360 people who have illegallycrossed through border gates and trails, and have quarantined all of them.

LieutenantGeneral Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Minister of National Defence, said thatbesides strict control at border gates and patrols, border guardsshould inform people about preventive measures against COVID-19 andthe punishment for illegal crossings through border gatesand trails.

Borderguards have carried out procedures for entry to Vietnam for 137,877people and for 119, 235 people departing Vietnam./.

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