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Vietnam suspends flights from countries with COVID variant
Vietnam has suspended inbound flights from countries with new COVID-19 variants, initially Britain and South Africa, the nation’s health ministry said.
Key points:
- Vietnam suspended all inbound international commercial flights in late March but the Government has been operating repatriation flights
- Some special flights carrying foreign experts and investors have been allowed to fly into Vietnam.
- All people entering the country have to spend 14 days in quarantine
A new variant first found in Britain includes a genetic mutation that could result in the virus spreading more easily between people.
“The risk for the disease to penetrate and spread in Vietnam is very high, especially from people entering from infected countries,” the nation’s…
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