VietnamesePeople with negative test results with nCoV shall be isolated for 14 days
On February 07, 2020, the Ministry of Health issues the Decision No. 344/QD-BYT on promulgating “the Guidance on the health quarantine at quarantine establishments for the prevention and control of the acute pneumonia caused by new a strain of Coronavirus (nCoV)”.
Accordingly, quarantined people with positive test results shall be transferred to medical establishments for the management, treatment and quarantine; people with negative test results shall be monitored at home and at their places of residence until reaching 14 days. Quarantined people shall be responsible for measuring their body temperature at least 2 times (morning, afternoon) a day and recording into the tracking form. Used face masks, tissues of the quarantined people must be separately dispose into waste bins for infectious wastes and such bins must have caps.
Quarantine subjects include: People coming from or traveling across Hubei Province, China who enter Viet Nam within 14 days, from the date of entry; Vietnamese people coming from or traveling across China (except for Hubei Province) who return to Viet Nam within 14 days, from the date of entry. Quarantine areas for people coming from or traveling across Hubei Province, China who enter Viet Nam must be arranged separately from the quarantine areas of other subjects. Quarantine period is 14 days, starting from the date of entry.
This Decision takes effect on the signing date.
Decision 344/QĐ-BYT DOC (Word)
Decision 344/QĐ-BYT PDF (Original)
