Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee has just issued a written request to departments, agencies and localities to implement Official Letter No. 3949/CV-BCD dated July 24th 2020 of the National Steering Committee on Prevention and Control of Covid-19 regarding enhancing assurance of Covid-19 epidemic prevention for experts entering Vietnam to work.
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Experts are tested for SARS-CoV-2 by Real-time - PCR technique. Illustrative photo: chinhphu.vn.
Accordingly, the Provincial People's Committee assigns departments, agencies, localities to notify units that invite experts to work to ensure the following conditions: Experts are tested for SARS-CoV-2 by Real-time - PCR technique 3 to 7 days prior to the date of entry into Vietnam. SARS-CoV-2 tests must be carried out in a laboratory approved by governments or under the laboratory system of the World Health Organization.
Experts with international health insurance; or the agencies or organizations who invite experts commit to paying for treatment in case such experts are infected with Covid-19. Organizations inviting experts are responsible for ensuring that precautions for Covid-19 prevention and control are taken when inviting experts to work.
Besides, agencies, units and localities create conditions for experts to complete procedures for working in Vietnam; continue to strictly implement the requirements in Official Letter No. 2487/CV-BYT of May 23rd 2020 of the National Steering Committee on Prevention and Control of Covid-19 on supporting foreigners who are investors, technicians, skilled workers, and managers entering Vietnam to work.
The provincial People's Committee also noted, this official letter does not apply to experts who have tickets and will enter Vietnam before August 5th 2020. In the process of deploying the above-mentioned contents, if any problems arise, units shall actively work with the provincial Health Department to be guided and implemented according to regulations.
MY HAU