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HCM City has decided to temporarily stop the operation of all bus routes amid the worsening Covid-19 epidemic. Under the decision signed by chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong, the suspension will be valid between April 1 and April 15. A bus in HCM City … [Read more...] about HCM City suspends all bus routes

Nguyễn Tấn Bỉnh, the department head, has required all hospitals in the city to ban relatives and families of patients visiting them from March 30. Only one family member can stay at hospital to help take care of the patient. Hospital staff are required to compile a list of these people.  … [Read more...] about Private specialised medical clinics in HCM City to suspend operations

HCM City has suspended all visits to patients at hospitals as well as the operation of local private specialist clinics since March 30 as an effort to help stop the spread of Covid-19. The decision was issued by Nguyen Tan Binh, director of the municipal Department of Health on Monday. Hospitals in HCM City have been requested to classify and control the number of patients, their relatives and people related to hospital service supply. Each patient is allowed to be taken care of by only one relative. Doctors have to carefully consider cases who need in-patient treatment. In case of the cross-infection, hospitals have to immediately stop receiving patients, except for those who are in critical condition. The quarantine will then be applied for the whole hospital. Hospitals have to make the list of people who take care of patients. Private general clinics and hospitals have to suspend plastic surgery, physiotherapy and rehabilitation services. Meanwhile, all local private … [Read more...] about HCM City suspends hospital visit, private clinics to fight virus

HCM City (VNA) – Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thanh Phong has agreed to a proposal from the municipal Transport Department on suspending all public bus services in the locality from April 1 to the end of April 15. The move is aimed at containing the spread of the COVID-19 through buses - a popular means of transport preferred by many students and the elderly in the southern metropolis. According to the department, the city has more than 3,000 buses with over 200 routes. On March 27, the committee decided to cease the operation of 54 bus routes from March 28 to April 15, including 27 non-subsidised ones to Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Long An, Tien Giang, Tay Ninh and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces, and nine running within HCM City. The city will consider maintaining the operation of some subsidised routes where there is a high demand and no alternative. In addition, all coaches running on contracts and tour buses with more than nine seats are … [Read more...] about HCM City halts bus services from April 1 to help contain COVID-19 spread

Simultaneously, transport activities involving all nine-seater cars and nine-seater passenger buses moving both in and out of the two cities are also poised to be suspended. Moreover, on fixed routes going in and out of both major cities passenger, buses are now required to only conduct two trips per day on routes less than 100 km, whilst also ensuring that the number of passengers on a single bus does not exceed 50% of capacity and does not go over 20 people. … [Read more...] about Travel restrictions placed on Hanoi-HCM City transport links