Nguyen Hong Tam, Deputy Executive Director of HCMC Center for Disease Control (Photo: VOV)

At a press conference on Sunday, Nguyen Hong Tam, Deputy Executive Director of the municipal Center for Disease Control, said that the large-scale screening in all areas has now passed its third phase and reached about 55% of completion.

He said that in each phase, the rate of SARS-CoV-2 virus detection decreased dramatically.

Tam said the quarantine period for fully-vaccinated foreign arrivals will be halved, from 14 days to 7 days.