On March 4, a British couple who were passengers on Vietnam Airlines' VN0054 from London to Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport took a train from Hanoi to Lao Cai. The two later tested positive for Covid-19.
According to Phung Thi Ly Ha, deputy general director of Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company, the couple stayed in a separate carriage and did not have any contact with other passengers.
Ha added that the female staff who served the couple had been quarantined and tested negative for the virus. Besides, roughly 20 other staff on the train were isolated at their home for 14 days.
On March 6, a train from Hanoi to Lao Cai Province also transported four other British visitors who were also the passengers on the flight VN0054.
The four are now being monitored in Lao Cai and tested negative for the virus.
However, to ensure the safety, the male staff who served these people and around 20 others working on the train have also been isolated at their home.
Meanwhile, two trains on the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City route also carried some British passengers on March 5-6. They also sat on the flight VN0054.
As a result, many staff serving on the trains have been quarantined.
To date, up to 13 people on flight VN0054 have been tested positive to Covid-19, including 11 foreigners and two Vietnamese.
