Da Nang People's Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh on Friday afternoon asked officials to proactively prepare for receiving and quarantining people entering and returning to the city from COVID-19 -affected areas.

Da Nang People’'s Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh on Friday afternoon chairs a meeting to set out necessary and reasonable measures for receiving and quarantining people entering and returning to the city from COVID-19 -affected areas. Photo: PHAN CHUNG

Chairman Chinh said that Da Nang will set up more designated quarantine facilities for arrivals and returnees from affected areas in addition to quarantine hotels.

“Previously, the municipal Department of Tourism had conducted a survey in hotels across the city, and made a list of accredited quarantine hotels with the fees applicable to such quarantine. However, hotel quarantine cost is too expensive to arrivals and returnees from affected areas, especially migrant workers. This can result in difficulty for people who wish to return to Da Nang amid the complex developments of COVID-19 in some Vietnamese localities, especially Ho Chi Minh City”, Mr Chinh remarked.

Therefore, the Da Nang Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has approved to quarantine arrivals and returnees from affected areas in the government-arranged accommodation in addition to quarantine hotels for those who require in order to create more options for them to choose to stay in managed isolation, the city government leader said.

Chairman Chinh urged the Ngu Hanh Son District authorities to re-use a local university as a designated quarantine facility in addition the dormitory in the west of the city, and the two sites will become the first ones in Da Nang for quarantining people coming and returning from affected areas.

In the coming time, it is suggested that authorities in districts across the city take the initiative in setting up more designated quarantine facilities to receive their local citizens who wish to return home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chairman Chinh directed.

The city leader asked the Department of Tourism to work with the health agency to continue surveying in local hotels to offer more accredited quarantine hotels with lower costs for arrivals and returnees from affected areas.

Mr Chinh directed police, military personnel and medical workers to deploy at quarantine hotels to make sure that these venues are sticking to COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

The city leader also called on every one across the city to continue taking action to shield and protect themselves and others from the deadly virus during the pandemic.

Da Nang on Friday (July 9) recorded one new COVID-19 case in the last 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative total to 92 after the resurgence of COVID-19 in June, the Da Nang Centre for Disease Control’s figure shows. The new positive case was confirmed in a 52 year-old man, from Hai Chau District, and he is the primary close contact of a COVID-19 patient in Da Nang, and is in managed isolation.

Reporting by PHAN CHUNG – Translating by H.L