Health Ministry finds people who may have close contact with COVID-19 cases
The Ministry of Health has issued an urgent notice calling on anyone who has visited, taken care of family members or had health check-ups and treatment at Da Nang Hospital from July 1 to come forward and seek medical help as soon as possible.
At an area for taking samples for COVID-19 test (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Healthhas issued an urgent notice calling on anyone who has visited, taken care offamily members or had health check-ups and treatment at Da Nang Hospital fromJuly 1 to come forward and seek medical help as soon as possible.
The ministry also asked all passengersonboard Vietnam Airlines flight VN166 from Da Nang to Hanoi departing at 8.30amon July 25 to contact nearest medical establishments to get COVID-19consultancy and testing.
All of these people need to call the hotlines1900.9095 (Ministry of Health), 0905.108.844 (Da Nang City’s Centre for DiseaseControl), 0969.082.115 or 0949.396.115 (Hanoi Centre for Disease Control) toprovide details of those who have close contacts with them; and fill inthe medical declaration forms at //tokhaiyte.vn ordownload the NCOVI app from //ncovi.vn andregularly update their health status as well as install the Bluezone app to getregular alerts about transmission risks at //www.bluezone.gov.vn./.
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At an area for taking samples for COVID-19 test (Photo: VNA) 
