Journalists reporting National Party Congress to be tested for COVID-19

(VOVWORLD) - Reporters, editors, and technicians who are assigned to work at the 13th National Party Congress will be tested for COVID-19 to ensure absolute safety for the Congress, according to the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communications and Education.

Illustrative photo of the Ministry of Health

The Commission’s official dispatch sent recently to the press says sample of COVID-19 test will be collected twice: at least 7 days before the Congress and 2 to 3 days before the Congress.

The Press Center of the 13^th National Party Congress will only issue permit to reporters, editors, and technicians who will have negative test result for SARS-CoV-2, the Commission said.

All delegates attending the National Party Congress later this month will be tested twice for COVID-19. Director of the Hanoi municipal Health Department Nguyen Khac Hien said during an online meeting on Thursday that they will each have their samples taken for an RT-PCR test between January 18 and 23.

The Congress is scheduled to take place from January 25 to February 2.