Staff of the Lien Chieu District Medical Centres collected throat and noise swabs from over 340 people who are stall holders in a temporary market on Tran Dinh Chi Street and a wet market on Kinh Duong Vuong Street, along with vendors in their surroundings.

As of 1pm on Friday, May 14, staff of the Lien Chieu District Medical Centres had collected throat and noise swabs from over 340 people who are stall holders in a temporary market on Tran Dinh Chi and a wet market on Kinh Duong Vuong, along with vendors in their surroundings. Photo: TRONG HUNG

This came as an infected woman had visited the two markets for grocery shopping before she developed COVID-19 symptoms.

This positive case was confirmed in a 26-year-old woman who is living on Bau Nang 2 Street, Hoa Minh District, Lien Chieu district, and works as a switchboard operator at Truong Minh Services and Production Company based in the An Don Industrial Park located in An Hai Bac Ward, Son Tra District.

All the tested people were required to adhere to the 5 recommendations of the Ministry of Health, including declare their health conditions, wearing face masks, disinfecting their hands, keeping a safe distance from others, and joining the queue whilst waiting for their turns to have their swabs taken.

Medical workers asked all of them to stay at home, monitor their health, and limit their contact with other while waiting for their test results.

The Lien Chieu District authorities have quickly imposed a temporary closure order on the temporary market on Tran Dinh Tri Street after receiving a report from the Da Nang Steering Committee for COVID-19 Preventation and Control about this positive case linked to this place.

The order has come into effect from midday on May 14 until further notice.

Functional forces were deployed at the temporary wet market on Tran Dinh Tri Street for the erection of closure notices which have come into effect from midday on May 14 until further notice. Photo: TRONG HUNG

Lien Chieu District People’s Committee Vice Chairman Nguyen Nhuong said: “There are about 200 traders operating in this market. It was only open in the afternoon and it was usually packed with shoppers, including tourists. Hence, it is very necessary for the local authorities to place this maket in a shut down in order to curb the spread of the virus”.

Vice Chairman Minh is urging those who visited this market for grocery shopping between 5pm and 6pm on May 4 to make calls to staff of the Hoa Minh Ward Medical Station at 0236.841.801 or contact their nearest medical facililities for urgent medical help.

The wet market on Kinh Duong Vuong Street is still allowed to operate as normal but it will be closely monitored by the local authorities to ensure that traders and shoppers adhere to strict rules and procedures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Reporting by TRONG HUNG – Translating by H.L