Da Nang is entering the sprint phase in the special campaign asking all locals to “stay where they are’ in order to detected COVID-19 cases left in the community and then cut off the chains of infection. Recent times have seen the great efforts exerted by the local authorities and locals, and especially, the significant contribution of the forces doing testing and epidemiological investigation missions.

The CDC staff always race against time in the laboratory get test results as soon as possible. Photo: LE HUNG

In the battle with the raging COVID-19 wave, although not directly involved in treating positive patients, the Da Nang Centre for Disease Control (CDC) staff are really "warriors" at the forefront of the COVID-19 battle.

Overcoming all specific difficulties, including the high risk of infection, they silently devoted themselves during daytime and nighttime to making a significant contribution to the fight against the coronavirus resurgence.

Doctor Ton That Thanh, the Director of the city's CDC said: Upon receiving samples from locals, the CDC staff immediately conduct tests and data input. Everyone is working in a race against time to get test results as soon as possible for the sake of COVID-19 prevention and control”.

During the past nearly 4 months, especially about the last 3 weeks, during the practice of stricter COVID-19 prevention restrictions, the CDC medical staff rarely has time to rest. Every day, tens of thousands, even up to hundreds of thousands of samples from districts are sent to functional agencies for testing. Along with that, the input of data on patients’ samples, information extraction and contact-racing are conducted in parallel.

According to doctor Thanh, every day, the CDC and other testing laboratories receive about 120,000 samples from locals, of which 850,000 are tested by the CDC. This puts a lot of work pressure on this agency’s staff.

The fight against COVID-19 is still complicated, which means that the city's CDC staff continue to work hard around the clock. Regardless countless difficulties, hardships and dangers, such ‘warriors’ will still be in full swing to contributing to driving back the virus spread.

Currently, every day, the CDC receives tens of thousands of samples from localls for testing. Photo: LE HUNG

Each pooled sample tube is carefully handled by the CDC medical staff. Photo: LE HUNG

Information on patient samples is updated on the testing system. Photo: LE HUNG

In the testing laboratory, medical staff work non-stop. Photo: LE HUNG

Everyone is in the mood to try their best to quickly get the results of each patient sample. Photo: LE HUNG

Functional agencies are accelerating the sampling rate of the ‘one door- one test’ campaign, putting more work pressure on medical staff in the laboratory. Photo: LE HUNG

Samples are classified according to the names of districts to promptly trace close contacts. Photo: LE HUNG

Regardless countless difficulties, hardships and dangers, such ‘warriors’ will still be in full swing to contributing to driving back the virus spread. Photo: LE HUNG

Everyone is in a never-ending race against time. Photo: LE HUNG

The CDC medical staff sort test results of patient samples. Photo: LE HUNG

Data on all test results are updated onto the system. Photo: LE HUNG

The CDC employees still have to leave their families behind, continue to step on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19. Photo: LE HUNG

Reporting by LE HUNG – Translating by A.T