Airports, airlines asked to announce RoK’s latest entry regulations
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked airports and airlines to announce the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s latest regulations on compulsory COVID-19 testing before entering the East Asian country.
Hanoi (VNA)– The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked airports andairlines to announce the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s latest regulations oncompulsory COVID-19 testing before entering the East Asian country.
It said the KoreaDisease Prevention and Control Agency (KDCA) recently sent a notice on the regulations toairlines operating flights between Vietnam and the RoK.
Accordingly, all passengers when entering the RoK must present certificates showing they are negative to COVID-19(in English or Korean) that are valid within 48 hours for PCR testing andwithin 24 hours for rapid testing from the date of departure.
Airports and airlinesmust report to the CAAV before August 31 about cases that were refused forairline tickets despite having valid COVID-19 negative test result certificates,as reported by the Korean press and citizens.
𝓡 According to the KDCA,the RoK recorded 139,883 new COVID-19 cases on August 24, 456 of them wereimported, bringing the total caseload to 22,588,640. The number of fatalities also amounted to26,224. The Korean authorities are maintaining high alert over the possibleresurgence of the pandemic this autumn/.
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