Vietjet flies nearly 1,000 policemen to support HCM City’s COVID-19 fight
Vietjet Air flights on September 6 carried nearly 1,000 public security officers and soldiers to Ho Chi Minh City to support the city’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
A VietJet Air flight carrying public security officers and soldiers to Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietjet Air flights on September6 carried nearly 1,000 public security officers and soldiers to Ho Chi MinhCity to support the city’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
They will be deployed to localities to perform duties atconcentrated quarantine facilities, checkpoints and COVID-19 treatment hospitals,as well as coordinating with frontliners in the combat.
All of them were vaccinated against COVID-19 and hadnegative test results for SARS-CoV-2 on September 5.
A VietJet Air flight carrying public security officers and soldiers to Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)
Over the past time, Vietjet Air has conducted many flights carrying thousands of personnel and thousands of tonnes of goods to assist localities in fighting thepandemic.
The carrier has also organised many flights carrying vaccines andmedical equipment and supplies to localities across the nation./.
As social distancing measures continue in Hanoi and from this week measures have been loosened in some parts of the city, people who have been vaccinated are questioning the possibilities for travel and work.
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A VietJet Air flight carrying public security officers and soldiers to Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) 
A VietJet Air flight carrying public security officers and soldiers to Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) 
