Dozens of medical staff in Da Nang, on Saturday spread throughout alleys in Tan Chinh and Thac Gian wards, Thanh Khe District, to collect nasal swab samples from residents there for COVID-19 testing.

A residential quarter in Thanh Khe District is labeled as a medical self-quarantine setting.

The sampling, taken in a prompt fashion against the time, came after a 59-year- old man living in Thac Gian Ward and working as a security guard at the Duy Tan Plastic Company located at 145 Dien Bien Phu Street, Chinh Gian Ward, had tested positive for the virus.

Sampling was requested by the Da Namg Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control to urgently localize and assess the earliest risks, thereby offering solutions suitable to reality. Amidst the city’s mercury remaining as high as 40 degree Celsius, getting dressed in stuffy protective suits, the staff members were still on track to “go to every alley, knock on every door, track every subject” in a bid to curb the spread of the deadly virus in the community.

A resident on Hoang Hoa Tham street has his swab samples taken for COVID-19 testing.

After each sample collection, the medical staff wash their hands with alcohol-based sanitizer to avoid infection.

The taken swab samples are transfer to the Da Nang Centre for Disease Control for COVID-19 testing.

The sampling takes place smoothly thanks to mutual support amongst the functional forces and active response from the residents.

The medical staff take rest of only a few minutes due to their fatigue amid the scorching weather.

A police officer on duty at the blockaded area “energizes” the medical staff with cooled bottle of water.

The entire residential area at the corner of Le Duan-Hung Vuong-Hoang Hoa Tham streets in Thanh Khe district) has turned into a sealed-off site.

Reporting and Photographing by PHAN CHUNG- Translating by A.T