During his meeting with the Da Nang Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Friday afternoon, municipal People's Committee Le Quang Nam urged officials to further tighten preventive measures to stop the spread of the virus in addition to enforcing all restrictions under the COVID-19 regulations.

Municipal People’s Committee Vice Chairman Le Quang Nam chairs a meeting on Friday afternoon to discuss the enforcement of coronavirus restrictions regulations in the ciy. Photo: PHAN CHUNG

Da Nang on Friday reported no new confirmed case of coronavirus in a 24-hour period, and the city has gone 24 straight days without recording any local transmissions.

Restaurants, eateries and coffee shops are reopening with capacity limits following the municipal government’s announcement at 0am on June 9.

Vice Chairman Nam urged functional forces to enforce COVID-19 rules in high-risk settings, including beaches, food and drink establishments across the city. The focus should be on taking drastic action to ensure that every one across the city follow the municipal government’s advice and guidance on infection prevention and control at all times.

Mr Nam also demanded health officials to closely monitor the COVID-19 situation in Da Nang, and Viet Nam at large, in order to give advice to the municipal government to consider appropriate measures for the city after going 28 days without local transmission.

In addition, functional forces were asked to maintain and expand sustained actions to tighten monitoring of arrivals and returnees from COVID-19 hit areas. The heed must be given to increasing the role of the community COVID-19 task force in an attempt to mitigate risk and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our community.

Reporting by PHAN CHUNG – Translating by H.L