6 passengers entered the country from a flight with a Japanese person infected with nCoV

Dr. Nguyen Tri Dung, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control, cited information from Tan Son Nhat Border Gate Police, saying that flight VN814 from Siem Reap arrived at Tan Son Nhat Airport at 10:03 p.m. on March 3. A passenger on this flight was later confirmed to be infected with nCoV.

Among the 67 passengers on boardVN814, there were 6 people completing entry procedures including one Vietnamese, three French, one Australian and one Filipino. This Filipino left the country on March 4. The authorities are searching for the remaining 5 people, determining their place of residence to guide them on disease prevention.

All 6 crew members of flight VN814 have been quarantined.

As for the 61 transit passengers, they continued to travel to other countries that night. Among them, 50 people went to London (UK), 7 people went to Narita (Japan), one person went to Nagoya (Japan), 2 people went to Busan (South Korea), and one person went to Manila (Philippines).

The Japanese passenger continued to return to Nagoya on flight VN340 on the night of March 3., arrived at Nagoya airport with fever, Japanese medical surveillance confirmed positive for nCoV.

Flight Nagoya - Tan Son Nhat flight numberVN341On March 4, medical surveillance must be applied upon arrival in Ho Chi Minh City. 51 passengers entering Vietnam, including a baby and the entire flight crew, were taken to a centralized quarantine area in Ho Chi Minh City. All of them showed no respiratory symptoms upon entering the quarantine area. They will be quarantined for 14 days from the date of entry.

The remaining 22 passengers, all Japanese transit passengers, were also quarantined and are undergoing procedures to transfer flights.

The plane has been disinfected according to regulations.