On December 05, 2014, the Ministry of Health issued the Circular No. 46/2014/TT-BYT guiding the health quarantine process, of which it stipulates health quarantine process for persons on entry or exit or in transit at road and railway border gates, at international airports and at waterway border gates.
Under this Circular, health quarantine officers shall receive health information of persons on board vehicles from vehicle owners or related agencies, organizations or individuals, process the information and classify persons departing from or traveling through epidemic areas; Persons departing from or traveling through areas affected with risky health elements; Persons on board vehicles with risky; Persons showing signs of being exposed to risky health elements… In addition to collecting information about persons suffering from, or suspected of being affected with, health quarantine officers shall inspect health declarations, check the international certificates of vaccination or prophylaxis, observe the physical status, and measure the body temperature, conduct clinical examination, for persons suspected of being infected with, or carrying pathogens of, infectious diseases….
For persons suspected of suffering from, or carrying pathogens of, group-A infectious diseases, health quarantine officers shall apply prophylactic measures, transfer these persons to isolation rooms in border-gate areas and conduct primary health examination and initial treatment or transfer such persons to medical establishments according to regulations. For persons in contact with persons on entry, health quarantine officers shall apply prophylactic measures; Using vaccines or medical biological; providing counseling on disease prevention and control….
This Circular takes effect on January 20, 2015
Source: Luatvietnam.vn
