Nghe An adjusts passenger transport activities in level 4 epidemic areas

On February 15, Nghe An Department of Transport issuedOfficial dispatch No. 412/SGTVT-VTon organizing passenger transport activities to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic, which stipulates: Stop passenger transport activities in areas with level 4 epidemic, effective from 00:00 on February 16, 2022.

Transport businesses and bus stations in the area have complied well with the guidance of the Department of Transport. However, transport activities to and from many localities nationwide (from low-risk epidemic areas to Nghe An province), especially inter-provincial passenger transport on fixed routes, are still being organized. Therefore, the temporary suspension of some types of passenger transport in level 4 epidemic areas has affected people's travel needs and the gradual recovery of business activities of transport enterprises.

Types of passenger transport on fixed routes within the province, inter-province, buses, contracts, tourism, and student transport in level 4 areas are allowed to resume operations and must ensure epidemic prevention and control requirements according to regulations. Photo: QA

To ensure the arrangement of sufficient means of transport to serve the people's travel needs after Tet, not to let passengers without means of transport return to work and study according to the direction of the Prime Minister in Directive No. 01/CT-TTg dated February 8, 2022; at the same time, create favorable conditions for the operations of transport enterprises to be restored soon, ensuring safe and flexible adaptation, and effective control of the Covid-19 epidemic, Nghe An Department of Transport has issued Official Dispatch No. 422/SGTVT-VT on adjusting and supplementing Section 1 of Official Dispatch No. 412/SGTVT-VT dated February 15, 2022 of Nghe An Department of Transport.

Official dispatch No. 422/SGTVT-VT of Nghe An Department of Transport. Photo: QA

Accordingly, for passenger transport activities in the epidemic level 4 area.

Types of passenger transport on fixed routes within the province, inter-province, bus, contract, tourism, student transport must ensure the following requirements:

For passengers, transport business units, bus station management units must strictly implement measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic according to the instructions and requirements in Section 2 of Official Dispatch No.412/SGTVT-VTFebruary 15, 2022.

Transport business units require drivers operating transport business vehicles with routes passing through or within localities with Covid-19 epidemic at level 4 not to stop to pick up passengers in order to minimize the spread of Covid-19 epidemic.

For taxis and technology vehicles with less than 9 seats (contract vehicles, tourist vehicles using electronic contracts), there must be a partition between the driver's compartment and the passenger compartment, electronic payment and strict implementation of epidemic prevention and control work according to the instructions of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transport.

Transport business units and bus station management units shall, based on current regulations of the Government, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Health and the Covid-19 Prevention and Control Command Center of Nghe An province, strictly implement measures to prevent and control Covid-19 in transport activities.

Time of applicationfrom 00:00 on February 17, 2022until further notice.