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HCM City authorities have decided to prosecute a flight attendant of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines for breaking Covid-19 quarantine regulations. The decision was announced at a press conference held by municipal authorities today, December 3. The 28-year-old flight attendant, Vietnam’s 1,342nd Covid-19 patient, has been charged with spreading dangerous infectious diseases, the police said at the press conference. Vietnam Airlines has also suspended him and would consider dismissing him for the violation. This is the first Covid-19-related case in Vietnam to have been prosecuted so far. According to Colonel Nguyen Sy Quang, deputy director of the HCM City Department of Police, the flight attendant’s violation is simple, but has led to serious consequences. Hundreds of students in HCM City have had to be off from their schools for Covid-19 prevention, while thousands of other people have been quarantined and undergone Covid-19 tests. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines flight attendant prosecuted for spreading Covid-19 infection

As of the morning of December 3, HCM City had taken samples of 2,244 people related to the case of the flight attendant. Of these, 1,632 people had negative results, while 612 samples are waiting for results (including 11 cases of direct contact with infected people). … [Read more...] about Flight attendant flouting quarantine regulations could face criminal charges

Under Covid-19 prevention protocols, flight crews must isolate themselves on returning to Vietnam. But the flight attendant, "patient 1342," who returned to Vietnam from Japan on November 14 and entered quarantined for four days at a facility managed by Vietnam Airlines in HCMC's Tan Binh District, went to another quarantine area and contracted the virus from a crew member who had returned from Romania. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines staff apologize in chorus after Covid-19 community transmissions

Hanoi (VNA) - There will be temporarily no commercial flights to bring home overseas Vietnamese who voluntarily pay for quarantine fees, foreign ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said on December 3.  Speaking at the ministry’s regular press conference, Hang said relevant agencies will only conduct flights to repatriate those who are in extreme difficulties and circumstances.  With the aim of leaving no one behind, Vietnamese agencies have coordinated with domestic and foreign airlines to organise flights to bring Vietnamese citizens home safely, in accordance with quarantine capacity at home. More than 240 flights have been conducted so far to repatriate over 66,000 Vietnamese from some 50 countries and territories, she said.  Asked about bad deeds regarding entry into Vietnam, Hang said in order to realise the dual goal of containing the pandemic and boost economic recovery, the Government has opened doors to foreign diplomats, experts, and … [Read more...] about Vietnam yet to conduct commercial flights repatriating overseas Vietnamese: Spokesperson

"Patient 753" is a 30-year-old Filipino who came in on Cathay Pacific flight CX906 of Cathay Pacific, landing at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC after transiting in Hong Kong. He was quarantined on arrival. He is being treated at the Cu Chi field hospital in HCMC. … [Read more...] about Vietnam records 34 more Covid-19 cases