The Da Nang Steering Committee for the COVID-19 Prevention and Control has released a list of venues linked with 9 community-acquired infections confirmed on July 16.

The majority of the confirmed cases were stallholders and workers operating at the temporarily-shut-down Hoa Cuong Wholesale Market, the largest of its kinds in Central Viet Nam.

Below are updated potential COVID-19 exposure venues and their related times and dates:

At the Hoa Cuong Wholesale Market:

3:30am -7:00am from August 9 -12: selling finished bamboo shoots at stall No. 67

0:00am -6:00am from August 1 - 12: selling fruit and vegetables at kiosk No. 10

0:00am-8:00am hours on August 8-13: selling wholesales fruit and vegetables at lots No. 417, 418 and 419

1:00am - 1:00pm from August 7 - 12: selling lagim at kiosks No. 11 and 12 (Kim Thai)

3:30am to 11:00a.m. on August 10 to 13: selling straw mushrooms at lot No. 38

Other venues:

1:00am – 5:00am on August 13,14; 0:00am -8:00am on August 12, 13; 6:00pm on August 12 - to 2:00pm on August 13; 1:00am – 5:00am on August 12, 13; 5:00am - 7:00am on August 14: the Da Nang International Exhibition and Convention Center

From August 1 - 10 (unknown exact date): Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB) at 152 September 2 Street, Hoa Thuan Dong Ward, Hai Chau District

1:00pm -5:30pm from August 1 - 9: selling fruit and vegetables, lagim on the sidewalk of Le Sat Street near the Hoa Cuong Wholesale Market

7:00pm on August 10: My Le grocery store on Nui Thanh Street

Morning of August 13: a gas station on Cach Mang Thang Tam Street

7:00am - 7:30am on August 15: a grocery store at the beginning of Chau Thuong Van Street, Hoa Cuong Bac Ward, Hai Chau District (the 2nd shop from the beginning of the road)

7:00am on August 10, 12 and 13: Moi (New) Market

4:00am on August 11 and 4:30am on August 13: Khue My Market

9:00am on August 12 and Noon on August 14: Ms. Diep's grocery store on Ho Huan Nghiep Street, My An Ward

Morning from August 10 -13: selling fruit and vegetables in residential group No. 66, My An Ward, Ngu Hanh Son District

Around 7:00am on August 15: a grocery store opposite K634 Trung Nu Vuong

11:00am - 11:30am on August 14: Vinmart+ store at the intersection of Ong Ich Khiem with Tran Cao Van and Quang Trung streets; a vegetables stall at the intersection of Hai Ho and Luong Ngoc Quyen streets

Morning from August 10 -14: Tan An Market, An Khe Ward, Thanh Khe District

August 11- 13: a grocery store at the intersection of Tran Thu Do and Tran Phuoc Thanh streets

1:00am – 5:00am from August 1 to 9: delivering lagim goods from the Hoa Cuong Wholesale Market to small traders in Phuoc My Ward, Son Tra District

5:00pm on August 10: buying tomatoes at Phuoc Tuong 2 Street

Around 2:00pm on August 12: Ms. Van's grocery store, outside Thuan Thanh Market, Thanh Khe District

People who have been to the above-mentioned exposure sites should immediately contact their local nearest medical facilities for advice and requirements.

Reporting by VAN HOANG – Translating by A.T