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SARS-CoV-2 testing possible for those wishing to go abroad

Foreigners living and working in Vietnam and Vietnamese citizens needing to go abroad for work or study who require a certificate stating they are free of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus will be considered for testing, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
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Hanoi (VNA) - Foreigners living and working in Vietnam and Vietnamesecitizens needing to go abroad for work or study who require a certificatestating they are free of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus will be considered for testing,according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

The Ministry of Health issued an urgent dispatch on September 11 asking the Ministryof Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the People’s Committees of provincesand centrally-run cities to direct the implementation of SARS-CoV-2 testing forsuch persons.

Diplomatic representative agencies, UN organisations or agencies in Vietnam,and organisations and businesses that send Vietnamese citizens to work and studyabroad are responsible for preparing specific lists to send to the standing agencyof the MoH’s National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control or standing agencies of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in provinces and cities nationwide, for considerationand instruction.

Those providing testing services are responsiblefor performing testing and issuing certificates, as appropriate, to individualsand organisations.

They must also carry out quarantining measures for those testing positive and reportto authorised agencies implementing preventive measures in line with regulations./.
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