241 Vietnamese flown home safely from Philippines
VOV.VN - As many as 241 Vietnamese citizens in the Philippines were repatriated on a flight operated by Vietjet Air that touched down at Can Tho International Airport in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on July 18.
Passengers include children under 18, pregnant women, people with illnesses, workers with expired visas or labour contracts, travelers and other particularly difficult cases affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.
Right upon arrival at Can Tho International Airport, all passengers were brought by the Military Zone 9 Command to concentrated isolation areas in Hau Giang and Dong Thap provinces to undergo medical check-ups in line with regulations set out by the Ministry of Health.
Since March 1, the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control under the Military Region 9 Command has received nearly 7,500 Vietnamese citizens stranded abroad by the coronavirus epidemic. All citizens after entry were arranged by the Command in order to undergo medical check-ups at concentrated isolation areas.
This was Vietnam's second repatriation flight from the Philippines. Earlier in May, the nation also brought home 190 Vietnamese citizens stranded in the Philippines, currently Southeast Asia’s second biggest COVID-19 hotspot after Indonesia.