Participants in the 31st sea games do not need to submit medical certificates

DNHN - The Ministry of Health's Department of Preventive Medicine proposes that the General Department of Physical Training and Sports contact the 31st SEA Games Organizing Committee and all SEA Games 31 delegations regarding the suspension of COVID-19 medical declarations. 19 people are participating in the SEA Games.

The Ministry of Health's Department of Preventive Medicine proposes that the General Department of Physical Training and Sports contact the 31st SEA Games Organizing Committee and all SEA Games 31 delegations regarding the suspension of COVID-19 medical declarations. Nineteen people are participating in the SEA Games.

According to the Ministry of Health, on April 14, the Ministry of Health issued instructions on COVID-19 prevention and control for the 31st SEA Games, including the content of medical declaration conditions for people entering the country to serve as a basis for localities to implement to meet COVID-19 prevention and control requirements.

However, the Ministry of Health recently announced that the application of medical declaration for COVID-19 at all Vietnam's border gates for people entering Vietnam will be suspended beginning at 0:00 on April 27, 2022, by the Government's Decree No. 89/2018/ND-CP detailing the implementation of several articles of the Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases on medical quarantine. The border economy The Department of Preventive Medicine wants the General Department of Physical Education and Sports (SEA Games 31 Operations Center) to give a report to the 31st SEA Games Organizing Committee and let all 31st SEA Games delegations know about it.

Previously, the Ministry of Health said in the advice on COVID-19 prevention and control for SEA Games 31 that, for guests of deputy minister level or equal or above, the head and deputy head of sports delegation attending SEA Games 31 It is not necessary to have a certificate of negative SARS-CoV-2 test upon admission, nor is it necessary to test after arrival, nor is isolation required.

Officials, referees, athletes, and members of sports delegations attending the 31st SEA Games must have negative SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR/RT-LAMP test results within 1 day. The 72-hour or 24-hour quick antigen test before admission into Vietnam, with a test certificate provided by the competent authorities of the nation administering the test.

Make a medical declaration at tokhaiyte.vn; do not need isolation; self-monitor your health, and make a declaration to the head of the sports delegation and the Organizing Committee's focal point to summarize and monitor...

Bach Minh