Vietnam officially halts licensing flights from UK and South Africa over Covid-19

	Vietnam suspends flights arriving from countries with new Covid-19 variant
	Vietnamese in UK on high alert but not afraid of new Covid-19 variant
	Vietnam to halt flights from countries with new Covid-19 variant

Illustrtrative photo by Tien Phong.

The Ministry of Transport asked other relevant departments and agencies to enhance direction, supervision, and inspection of transport enterprises on the implementation of pandemic prevention guidance;mask is a must for drivers, flight attendants, service workers and passengers at stations, airports, piers… and on public transport. The violators will be strictly handled, VOV reported.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam must suspend licensing coming flights to Vietnam from countries and territories that are infected with a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and are undergoing complicated epidemics, those first from the UK and South Africa are affected.

Vietnamese and foreign airlines are required to strictly comply with regulations on epidemic prevention and control before, focusing on the medical declaration, mask-wearing, and temperature check-up for passengers before boarding, sterilize surfaces, disinfect aircraft according to regulations.

Currently, over 40 countries across multiple continents have restricted or outright banned travel from the UK or other nations that have recorded cases of the mutations, according to Vnexpress.

Flights coming into Vietnam are already heavily restricted, with only government-organized repatriation flights and pre-approved charter flights for experts and managers allowed. All arrivals must undergo 14 days of mandatory quarantine.

Vietnam has recorded 1,520 Covid-19 cases so far with 35 deaths. Many of the deaths were of elderly patients with underlying conditions like diabetes and kidney failure.

As of Tuesday, the nation has gone 40 days without recording any community transmission of the novel coronavirus.

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