Health

Health Ministry announces 8 flights with passengers contracting COVID-19

The Ministry of Health on March 16 announced it has found eight flights with passengers on board contracting COVID-19.
Health Ministry announces 8 flights with passengers contracting COVID-19 ảnh 1Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health on March 16announced it has found eight flights with passengers on board contracting COVID-19.

They are TG 564 from Bangkok to Noi Bai on March 15, SQ 176 from Singapore to Noi Bai on March 15, VJ826 from Malaysia to Noi Bai on March 4, TK 162 from Istanbul to Ho Chi MinhCity on March 8, QH 1521 from Ho Chi Minh City to Phu Quoc on March 9, QH 1524from Phu Quoc to Ho Chi Minh City on March 13, SU 290 from Moscow to Hanoi onMarch 13, and QR 970 from Doha to Ho Chi Minh City on March 10.

The ministry asked all the passengers on those flights tocontact the disease control centres of the provinces and cities for guidance onhealth monitoring.

Agents selling tickets for them are responsible fornotifying the passengers who bought tickets for those flights.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam stands at 61 now, 16of them have been discharged from hospital following their full recovery./.
VNA
#COVID-19#coronavirus#Ministry of Health#disease control centres#Vietnam#VietnamPlus#Viet Nam News
Follow VietnamPlus

Related News

Countries enhance measures against COVID-19

Countries enhance measures against COVID-19

A meeting of Thailand’s Covid-19 Administration Centre, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, approved a motion to postpone the Songkran holidays from April 13-15 to later dates.

See more

Up to 95% of children aged 1-5 living in the city are expected to be vaccinated against measles and rubella this year. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi begins measles vaccination campaign

Hanoi commenced a measles vaccination campaign at health stations in the districts of Long Bien, Phu Xuyen, Phuc Tho, Thuong Tin, Dong Anh, Hoai Duc and Thach That and Son Tay township on October 14.

The working session on vaccine manufacturing cooperation with Sanofi on October 8.(Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese, French firms partner in vaccine production

The Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) and Sanofi on October 8 signed a document guiding the cooperation in manufacturing some vaccines of the French pharmaceutical group in the Southeast Asian country.

Providing free health check-ups and medicine to workers. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam, IOM foster cooperation in improving migrants’ health

The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on September 18 signed a memorandum of understanding on strengthening cooperation in enhancing the health and quality of life of migrants, and supporting them in accessing national health systems and policies.

Doctor Jacques Ballout and a Vietnamese apprentice doctor. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese doctors impress French colleagues

Industriousness, enthusiasm, and smartness are the impressions that French doctors have had of their colleagues from the Vietnam – Sweden hospital in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Uong Bi city, who are working at the Pierre Bérégovoy hospital, Nevers city of Nièvre province, under an apprenticeship programme.

Passengers at Noi Bai International Airport (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi tightens control, prevention of monkeypox

The Hanoi Department of Health has asked the city's Centre for Disease Control (CDC) to coordinate with Noi Bai International Airport and relevant units to increase monitoring to promptly detect suspected monkeypox cases at the airport and border gates, especially those returning from countries where the disease is currently spreading.

A doctor gives a dental check-up to a child at the September 7 event in the Czech Republic. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese in Czech Republic join hands for community health

The network of Vietnamese intellectuals and experts, the Vietnamese youths and students association, and the group of Vietnamese doctors and physicians in the Czech Republic have coordinated to offer free health check-ups and consultancy to the Vietnamese community in the country.