Should Vietnam still allow tourists into the country with Covid cases at a high?

[ASEAN NOW News]

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced it had pulled Vietnam, Myanmar, and Ukraine off its list of countries with strengthened quarantine requirements.

 

The decision came after health experts from the agency held a meeting on Thursday to analyze "overall Covid risks by country and the number of confirmed imported cases from each," Vietnam News Agency reported, citing a source from KDCA.

 

Incheon 

 

Earlier, South Korea added Vietnam, Myanmar, and Ukraine to its list of countries with strengthened quarantine requirements in which arrivals from these countries would have to undergo seven-day self-quarantine upon arriving from April 1 regardless of vaccination status.

 

Vietnams current surge in new Covid cases is the highest in the region at an average of 137,837 cases over the past seven days.

 

That works out at 922 infections per 100k!

 

With those high numbers and Omicron being highly contagious, surely the borders should be closed to try and get the virus to run out of steam.

 

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