As of the noon of May 12, local medical workers had taken a throat swab and nose swab of more than 5,200 out of 8,000 people in the An Don Industrial Park (IP) located in An Hai Bac Ward, Son Tra District, and its surroundings to test for COVID-19.

A medical worker took a combined throat swab and nose swab of a worker at the An Don IP for COVID-19 testing on Wednesday morning. Photo: XUAN DUNG

During his meeting with represtatives of the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Preventation and Control on Tuesday afternoon, Da Nang People’s Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh urged district authorities to speed up testing, tracing and isolating contacts of the city’s infected patients, especially new cases.

Authorities in Hai Chau and Son Tra districts have been asked to ramp up swab collection and increase program capacity to take swab samples of 2,500 -3,000 people per day. The focus should be paid on testing and tracing those who are at greatest risk of spreading the disease, and residents in hot spots.

Disinfectant sprays for the prevention of COVID-19 was conducted in this industrial park and its areas on Wednesday morning.

Reporting by XUAN DUNG – Translating by H.L