People who have been in close contact with COVID-19 patients, or F1 cases, are now no longer required to self-quarantine but have to avoid going to places where people gather, according to a new guidance issued by the Health Ministry.

As schools up and down the country return to in-person learning for the first time in months, guidelines are being updated on how to deal with the inevitable situation of positive cases being found in the classroom.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is set to reopen regular international flights in two phases, with the first connecting the country to nine markets, said Vo Huy Cuong, deputy head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam at a seminar on December 16 to seek solutions for the reopening of international routes.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has been selected to carry out a pilot scheme on home quarantine for F1 cases that are in first hand contact with a COVID-19 patient if they meet certain conditions.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is set to allow F1 cases involving individuals who came into first-hand contact with a OVID-19 patient to quarantine at home in an effort to ease pressure on concentrated isolation facilities, as well as frontline healthcare workers.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has suggested that F1 cases (those in close contact with COVID-19 patients) should be encouraged to self-isolate at home under strict scrutiny to ease the overloading at concentrated quarantine facilities.

VOV.VN - Discharged patients who re-test positive for the virus will be allowed to self-quarantine at home as opposed to at healthcare facilities as previously, the Ministry of Health said in its latest COVID-19 regulations.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has submitted a plan on the reopening of international flights in three stages to the Ministry of Transport.

VOV.VN - The Da Nang municipal administration on August 25 decided to lift a lockdown it imposed on Da Nang general hospital a month ago due to COVID-19 infection, affirming the health facility is safe from the virus.

Eight more COVID-19 patients, including four in Hanoi’s coronavirus hotspot, were released from hospital on May 11 after making a full recovery.