Medical staff at the Noi Bai international airport (Source: internet)Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister ofHealth Do Xuan Tuyen on March 15 inspected the prevention and control of theacute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 atHanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport.
A representative of the airport said medicalforces have taken 683 samples of passengers for tests, doubling the initialestimate. This work ran until midnight on March 15 with 700 more samples taken.
The customs force at the Noi Bai internationalborder gate has increased its staff to facilitate customs clearance and solvethe congestion at luggage claim areas.
According to Deputy Minister of Transport Le AnhTuan, a fact that passengers transiting through many countries makes itdifficult to forecast the number of European visitors to Vietnam.
Tuyen, who is also deputy head of the nationalsteering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control, said the committee hassent notices to ministries of national defence, public security, foreignaffairs, and transport as well as People’s Committees of centrally-run citiesand provinces about the implementation of quarantining measures for peopleentering the country.
He urged the transport ministry to quicklyupdate the number of visitors from epidemic-hit nations to direct flights toland at different airports like Van Don in the north, Chu Lai in the centralregion and Can Tho in the south.
If possible, it is necessary to carry outmedical quarantine and declarations when passengers are still on board, hesaid.
The military forces are ready to transferpassengers to concentrated quarantining areas as regulated, he added./.
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