Officers check health declaration forms of passengers at Cam Ranh airport of Khanh Hoa province

The declaration could be made on the websites http://tokhaiyte.vn or http://suckhoetoandan.vn/khaiyte.

Airports are also requested to work with health authorities to zone off areas for health declarations and examination, as well as notify foreign airlines operating flights from/to Vietnam.

One day earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who also head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, ordered compulsory electronic health declarations for all passengers entering Vietnam starting from 6:00 am on March 7.

Vietnam reported the 17th COVID-19 case on March 6. The 26-year-old female patient, residing in Hanoi, has been quarantined at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases.

The previous 16 patients have been cured and discharged from hospital./.VNA