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Vaccinated passengers travelling by air, train exempted from COVID-19 testing

Passengers traveling by air, train and waterway will not be required to take COVID-19 tests if they have been fully vaccinated, injected the first shots for three weeks, or recovered from the disease within six months.
Vaccinated passengers travelling by air, train exempted from COVID-19 testing ảnh 1Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Passengers traveling by air, train and waterway will notbe required to take COVID-19 tests if they have been fully vaccinated, injectedthe first shots for three weeks, or recovered from the disease within sixmonths.

TheMinistry of Health gave the suggestion in a document sent to the Ministry ofTransport, commenting on a draft plan to resume passenger transport activitiesin localities where pandemic prevention measures have been eased.  

As per thedocument, businesses operating passenger transport services are asked to haveplans for COVID-19 prevention and control as well as for tackling infectioncases in line with regulations. They should have medical staff or a medicalunit to coordinate with local health authorities to handle infection cases atworkplaces.

TheMinistry of Health proposed resuming public transport by road, train, inlandwaterway, and at sea operate in low- and medium-risk localities and regions;operate at or under 50 percent of their capacity in high-risk areas; and stopoperations in extremely high-risk areas (except for taxi and app-based vehiclesthat offer less than nine seats and use vehicle partition and electronicpayment).

Publictransport vehicles must be equipped with hand sanitizers and face masks and bedisinfected frequently, with their drivers and staff following the 5K principleand taking COVID-19 tests right after developing suspected symptoms.

Those serving in medium- and high-risk areas must be tested every seven days.Meanwhile, drivers in extremely high-risk locations must be fully vaccinated orrecover from COVID-19 within six months and have a negative test result within72 hours./. 
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