The Da Nang government has announced new rules for goods vehicle arrivals amid surge in cases in many Vietnamese localities.

The new regulations came into force at 0am on June 26 until further notice.

Goods vehicle drivers and passengers onboard who have travelled to or depart from COVID-19 affected areas with community acquired cases reported within 14 days from the time they left their areas must present proof of a negative PCR test, taken within 72 hours of arrival at checkpoints at points of entry.

Staff at COVID-19 checkpoints will take responsibility for sterilizing drivers and passengers onboard along with their vehicles with Cloramin B disinfectant chemical before entering Da Nang. They will be only allowed to stay in the city within 12 hours from entry, and provide a certificate of sterilization for goods (if any) at delivery destinations.

Upon arrival in Da Nang, goods vehicle drivers and passengers onboard must provide accurate and true information to local authorities and health officials.

If goods vehicle drivers and passengers onboard have no proof of a negative PCR test, taken within 72 hours of arrival, they will be denied entry into Da Nang, and required to stop at COVID-19 checkpoints, and local drivers will help carry goods into the city.

Proof of a negative PCR test, taken within 72 hours of arrival will not be mandatory for goods vehicle drivers and passengers onboard who come from COVID-19 free areas.

However, they are required to give their accurate and true health information at COVID-19 checkpoints upon arrival in Da Nang.

The Da Nang government is urging functional forces to enforce new regulations in wet markets, supermarkets, convenience stores, industrial parks and other settings across the city where goods vehicles from other Vietnamese localities arrive in. The focus must be on increasing checks on persons and vehicles entering the city to make sure that they are sticking to the 5K recommendations of the Ministry of Health and the city’s COVID-19 rules in a bid to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 re-introduction from new arrivals.

Reporting by QUYNH TRANG – Translating by H.L