The Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam (CAAV) has asked airlines to inform all passengers, both Vietnamese and foreigners, on the requirement to fill in electronic health declaration forms before boarding flights to Viet Nam, starting from 6:00 am on March 7.

Officers check health declaration forms of passengers at Cam Ranh airport of Khanh Hoa province (Photo: VNA)

The declaration could be made on the websites http://tokhaiyte.vn or http://suckhoetoandan.vn/khaiyte.

Airports are also requested to work with health authorities to zone off areas for health declarations and examination, as well as notify foreign airlines operating flights from/to Viet Nam.

One day earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who also head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, ordered compulsory electronic health declarations for all passengers entering Viet Nam starting from 6:00 am on March 7.

Viet Nam reported the 17^th COVID-19 case on March 6. The 26-year-old female patient, residing in Hanoi, has been quarantined at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases.

The previous 16 patients have been cured and discharged from hospital.

(Source: VNA)