Van Don International Airport is specified as a receiver for unusual flights which transports Vietnamese citizens back from China. In order to control the disease and prevent unexpected infection, the airport has carried out preventive measures.
Director of Van Don International Airport, Pham Ngoc Sau, said that the airport was chosen because of its modern and synchronous facilities and equipments meeting safety requirement when transporting passengers without affecting the airport’s overall operation.
According to the process of receiving returnees from disease-hit areas at Van Don International Airport, all travelers have to undergo body temperature scanning with automatic alarm system after performing international aviation procedures. Their body temperature is checked again by handy scanner used by staff of International Medical Quarantine Center (under the Provincial Department of Health). After that, passengers fill out medical information form. They are then instructed to move to an isolated area via a special entrance, waiting for classification to avoid cross-infection.
Apart from international-standardized body temperature scanners with automatic alarm displays which quickly inspected cases, Van Don International Airport provides 4-layer face masks to passengers; spray disinfectants along corridors, usually-crowded places, luggages, and isolated rooms 3-5 times a day after each flight. It also makes response and isolation plans in case of discovering infected cases. Besides, it enhances propaganda activities via speakers to raise passengers and staff’s sense of battle against the disease.
As reported, the first flight repatriating Vietnamese people from China landed at Van Don International Airport on Feb 1st with 6 passengers. All of them were moved to the isolation area for health checking as regulated.
There are always 14 doctors at Van Don District’s Health Center. They are divided into 2 quick response teams. Along with 2 other quick response teams outside the center, they are ready to handle the unexpected situation. 20-bed isolation area is equipped with breathing machines and other supportive devices. The center also prepares other 30 beds and modern equipment to reduce the overload at the isolation area.
Translated by Quynh Trang
