7 checkpoints have been set up within major entry and exit points in Da Nang to contain further spread of the novel coronavirus.

Foreigners are required to have their temperature checked at a checkpoint at the southern end of the Hai Van Tunnel

Checkpoints have been put at the end points of Truong Sa and Tran Dai Nghia streets in Ngu Hanh Son District’s Hoa Hai Ward, at the foot of the Hai Van Pass, and at the southern end of the Hai Van Tunnel in Lien Chieu District’s Hoa Hiep Bac Ward, at Hoa Nhon and Hoa Phuoc entrance gates in Hoa Vang District, and at the Da Nang Railway Station.

Arrivals from foreign countries and localities nationwide are required to have their  temperature checked at these checkpoints. Anyone found to have a fever of more than 38 degrees Celsius will be sent to a local hospital for further checks. Foreigners will be sent to the Police Hospital No 199, whilst Vietnamese nationals will be taken to the Hospital for Lung Diseases.

All at checkpoints, arrivals from foreign countries and localities nationwide are required to wear face masks during their visit in the city, fill out health declaration forms, and provide necessary information about their accommodation in the city in a bid to help the city’s health officials to contact them if they have been in contact with suspected or confirmed case of the virus in the city.

By PHAN CHUNG - Translated by MAI DUNG