HCM City issues new rules on COVID-19 testing and quarantine for returnees to city

HCM City issues new rules on COVID-19 testing and quarantine for returnees to city

HCM CITY — People who have not been vaccinated and have returned to HCM City from "very high" risk areas must quarantine at home for  一 四 days and monitor their health for the following  一 四 days, according to a city Department of Health temporary instruction issued on Monday (November  一).

The instruction also requires that they be tested on three separate days. When they arrive in the city, they must call their local medical workers for guidance on quarantine. 

People who have had two shots of a COVID- 一 九 vaccine and have an official green card on the Electronic Health Records app or certificate papers, and those who have recovered from COVID- 一 九 within the last six months, will monitor their health at home for seven days and be tested the first day in their home.

People with only one vaccine shot will quarantine at home for seven days and monitor their health for the next seven days. They will be tested twice, including the first and seventh days.  

The department said that they should call local medical officials if they have symptoms such as cough, fever, breathing difficulty, and others.

It instructed People’s Co妹妹ittee in districts and Thủ Đức City to provide vaccines to people who have arrived in the city from other provinces and cities and have not been fully vaccinated.

People’s Co妹妹ittees in districts and Thủ Đức City should direct their agencies to record all data about incoming residents' vaccinations and the areas from where they travel.

In the last few days, the city Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has found many COVID- 一 九 cases among people coming from other provinces and cities.  

The Department of Health is collaborating with People’s Co妹妹ittees in districts and Thủ Đức City to list the number of people arriving or returning to the city.

People who have come to the city from other provinces and cities should go to their local people’s co妹妹ittees to register for a vaccination or call  八0 六 六 of the Department of Information and Co妹妹unications for vaccination registration.

People who have had the first shot but lost the certification paper will receive the second shot, the Department of Health said.

The department has asked the city Steering Co妹妹ittee for COVID- 一 九 Prevention and Control to instruct its sub-co妹妹ittees in districts and Thủ Đức City to strengthen surveillance of people coming from other provinces and cities.  

Since mid-October, many people from the Central Highlands and Mekong Delta provinces and cities have returned for work as the city has resumed many socio-economic services. VNS