Hanoi to tighten travel regulations from September 8
Hanoi will tighten the check of travel permit from September 8 as part of efforts to ensure strict implementation of social distancing measures to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 pandemic.
Hanoi will tighten travel regulations from September 8 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi will tighten the check of travel permit from September 8 as part of efforts to ensure strictimplementation of social distancing measures to prevent the spreading ofCOVID-19 pandemic.
A new form of travel permit having QR code will be put into use on September 8, which is required to go through checkpoints in the city.
Stronger communications will be conducted to ensure allresidents understand the regulations, while strict punishments will be given tothose who deliberately violate the pandemic prevention and control rules.
The capital city has been applying social distancingmeasures since July 24 amid complicated pandemic developments.
People in the city are asked to stay at home and only gooutside in necessary cases like business trips, working at essential businesses(State agencies, factories, essential shops and service providers), buyfood and medicines, or emergencies such as medical issues, fires ornatural disasters.
Masks are mandatory in public. People must maintain adistance of two metres in public, and must not congregate in groups larger thantwo outside of hospitals, workplaces, or schools.
People are required to submit health declaration forms viawebsite www.tokhaiyte.vn or Ncovi and Bluezone apps. Those who have symptomssuch as fever, coughing or difficulty breathing must contact local medicalestablishments for further instructions.
Non-essential services and businesses remain close.
As of September 5, the capital had recorded a total of 3,520COVID-19 cases since April 27, with 2,855 logged from July 24, the day social distancing was started.
The city had administrated more than 3 million doses ofCOVID-19 vaccines to local residents./.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 5 afternoon chaired a national teleconference between the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, and localities on the fight against the pandemic.
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Hanoi will tighten travel regulations from September 8 (Photo: VNA) 
