12:07, 19/07/2021

In-principle approval given to hotel quarantine for travelers from Ho Chi Minh City

Khanh Hoa Department of Tourism has built a plan to use accredited quarantine hotels as paid quarantine facilities for travelers from Ho Chi Minh City to Khanh Hoa...

Khanh Hoa Department of Tourism has built a plan to use accredited quarantine hotels as paid quarantine facilities for travelers from Ho Chi Minh City to Khanh Hoa to submit the plan to Provincial People’s Committee for approval and implementation.
 
The number of Khanh Hoa residents working and studying in Ho Chi Minh City desiring to return to Khanh Hoa amid the Covid-19 has been increasing significantly. In order to meet the quarantine requirement, the Provincial Standing Party Committee has approved in principle the use of the hotels to serve the quarantine of people returning from Ho Chi Minh City; and requested the Provincial People's Committee to direct the Department of Tourism and the Department of Health to coordinate with Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa Tourism Association to develop a specific plan to receive and quarantine Khanh Hoa residents from Ho Chi Minh City at the hotels; and mobilize hotels to cut cost to contribute to improving Covid-19 prevention and control in the province.
 

 

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A quarantine hotel on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street, Nha Trang City.

 

 

According to the Department of Tourism, 36 hotels have registered to serve as quarantine areas. 11 of these are still empty. The quarantine cost at the hotels is VND500,000-700,000/person/day. Besides receiving travelers from abroad, the hotels have served F1 individuals of SARS-CoV-2-posttive cases in the province.
 
The cost for hotel quarantine covers power and water supply and meals together with pay for healthcare workers ensuring disinfection and other quarantine procedures. 
 
According to the Ministry of Health’s regulations, travelers from Ho Chi Minh City and other localities must be home quarantined for 14 days and get tested 3 times on the 1st, the 7th and  the 13th day of the medical quarantine.
 
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Translated by N.T