Compulsory health declarations for all in Vietnam

HANOI (March 10): Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam and head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control Vu Duc Dam on March 8 requested compulsory health declarations for all citizens in the country to start today at the latest.

Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said that he made the announcement at a meeting of the committee in Hanoi.

He asked the Ministry of Information and Communications, Ministry of Health, Vietnam Social Security and all network providers to plan and prepare technological tools so the declarations can be done online across the country.

The Deputy Prime Minister also requested measures to be applied to prevent Vietnamese citizens from leaving the countries and travelling to countries where COVID-19 infection has been reported, and advised citizens to only travel abroad when absolutely necessary.

Compulsory electronic health declarations for all passengers entering Vietnam started on March 7 upon Dam’s request.

As of March 8, Vietnam had 30 confirmed cases of infections with 16 having recovered.