Ho Chi Minh airport tests passengers returning from north for Covid-19

Passengers at the domestic terminal at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. - VNS

HO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam News/ANN): HCM City authorities are testing arrivals from three major airports in the north (Nội Bài in Hanoi, Vân Đồn in Quảng Ninh Province and Cát Bi in the northern port city of Hải Phòng) as tens of thousands of passengers are returning after the Lunar New Year holiday.

According to the HCM City Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of Feb 14, some 200 samples had been taken each day for testing on a random basis at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City.