Urgent notice to find people who may have come into contact with COVID-19 cases

Hà Nội has conducted rapid coronavirus tests for all people returning from Đà Nẵng in a bid to halt the transmission of the virus. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has issued an urgent notice calling on anyone who has visited, taken care of family members or had health check-ups and treatment at Đà Nẵng Hospital from July 1 to come forward and seek medical help as soon as possible.

The ministry also asked all passengers onboard Vietnam Airlines flight VN166 from Đà Nẵng to Hà Nội at 8.30am on July 25 to contact nearest medical establishments to get COVID-19 consultancy and testing.

All of these people need to call the hotlines 1900.9095 (Ministry of Health), 0905.108.844 (Đà Nẵng City’s Centre for Disease Control), 0969.082.115/0949.396.115 (Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control) to provide details of those who have close contacts with them; and fill in the medical declaration forms at https://tokhaiyte.vn or download the NCOVI app from https://ncovi.vn and regularly update their health status as well as install the Bluezone app to get regular alerts about transmission risks at https://www.bluezone.gov.vn. — VNS

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