PEOPLE RETURNING FROM HCMC MUST BE TESTED FOR SARS-COV-2
The remarkable content is defined in the Official Dispatch No. 8399/BYT-MT dated October 06, 2021 of the Ministry of Health on applying COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control measures for people returning from Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An
provinces.
Specifically, the People's Committees of provinces and cities receiving people returning from Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An provinces must organize RT-PCR tests or rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 for all people returning from Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An provinces on the date of receiving them.
Additionally, unvaccinated people shall be quarantined for 14 days from the date of return to the localities; continue to self-monitor their health status for the next 14 days, always comply with the 5K Messages; be tested on the first, seventh, and fourteenth days from the date of return to the localities.
For people not fully vaccinated against COVID-19, they shall be quarantined at home or accommodations for 07 days from the date of return to the localities; continue to self-monitor their health status for the next 07 days, always comply with the 5K Messages; be tested on the first and seventh days from the date of return to the localities as required.
