All passengers who boarded a Vietjet Air flight from Hanoi to Nha Trang and a coach from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City that carried Covid-19 infection cases are being asked to contact authorities for health monitoring.
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The Ministry of Health on Sunday evening announced that passengers on flight VJ770 from Hanoi to Nha Trang on July 30 and on coach Ngoc Sang BKS 51B-23417 from Hanoi's Nuoc Ngam Station to Ho Chi Minh City on August 5 must immediately contact local healthcare centres for guidance and viral testing as part of Covid-19 prevention efforts.
The passengers were also requested to call one of the phone numbers including the ministry's hotline at 1900.9095, CDC HCM City at 0869.577.133, CDC Hanoi at 0969.082.115 or 0949.396.115, and CDC Khanh Hoa at 0911.662.233 to provide phone numbers of people who have contacted with them.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health confirmed no new Covid-19 patients on Monday morning, marking the first morning without new infections announced since July 25 when the Danang outbreak started.
According to the Ministry of Health, by 6 am on August 10, Vietnam registered 841 Covid-19 cases, including 317 from abroad and 395 released from hospital for their full recovery.
Since July 25, the pandemic has spread to 15 cities and provinces in Vietnam with up to 384 community infection cases.
