Following recent instructions from Da Nang government, on Friday, checkpoints were re-established at all entrances to the city for the screening of everyone entering or leaving the city to curb the COVID-19 spread.

The checkpoints were put in place on Ta Quang Buu Street, a section of Hoang Van Thai Street nearby the Khanh Son Landfill in Lien Chieu District, the extended Nguyen Tat Thanh (an approach road to the Hai Van Tunnel in Lien Chieu District), a section of 14G road at the foot of the Nui Than Tai Hot Spring Park, a section of National Highway No 14B nearby the De 89 Restaurant, the Tu Cau T-junction, the DT605 road leading to the Bo Bo Pine Forest, a Traffic Police Station in Hoa Vang District's Hoa Nhon Commune, the Cocobay Entertainment and Tourism Complex in Ngu Hanh Son District, the end point of Tran Dai Nghia Street in Ngu Hanh Son District’s Hoa Hai Ward, the Da Nang Inter-Provincial Coach Station and the Da Nang Railway Station.

Healthcare workers, police officers, border guards, and volunteer students are staffing these checkpoints around the clock on a daily basis.

Available at these checkpoints are hand sanitizers, medical gloves, body temperature monitors and other medical tools to monitor the health of anyone who passes through there.

Besides filling out health declaration forms as previously, those who pass through the checkpoints are recommended to declare their health status via online apps so that the municipal Health Department can find it easer to manage entries and exits for coronavirus preventive move.

In detail, they can make medical declarations on the Danang SmartCity app, the Zalo of the city’s switchboard 1022 or at https://bcdh.danang.gov.vn/web/guest/khai-bao. Messages containing QR codes for official confirmation will be sent to them.

Afterwards, at the checkpoints, travellers must show the staff on duty there the QR codes to confirm their completed medical declarations. The QR codes will be scanned to see if they are valid.

Those who fail to comply with COVID-19 prevention regulations set at the checkpoints will be prevented from entering or leaving the city. The act of protest will be handled according to the laws, depending on the levels of severity.

Functional forces staff at a checkpoint on Ta Quang Buu Street in Lien Chieu District. Photo: XUAN DUNG

A road user has his body temperature measured when passing through a checkpoint on Ta Quang Buu Street. Photo: XUAN DUNG

Functional forces on duty at the checkpoint are in charge of guiding the travellers how to make medical declarations.

A traveler fills out a health declaration form. Photo: XUAN DUNG

Functional forces are one duty at a checkpoint on Functional forces staff at a checkpoint on the extended Nguyen Tat Thanh (an approach road to the Hai Van Tunnel in Lien Chieu District). Photo: XUAN DUNG

Healthcare workers, police officers, border guards, and volunteer students are staffing the checkpoints around the clock on a daily basis. A car is pulled over for inspection at a checkpoint on the extended Nguyen Tat Thanh

Reporting by XUAN DUNG- Translating by A.T