There were 2 new COVID-19 cases in designated quarantine facilities and none in the community in Da Nang on Sunday, September 19, the muncipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in its latest COVID-19 bulletin said.

One was the primary close contact of a patient previously detected via the ‘one door- one test’ campaign with COVID-19 testing applied to household representatives citywide, whilst the other was a returnee from the central province of Binh Dinh, currently receiving treatment at the Da Nang Oncology Hospital.

Encouragingly, like Saturday, Sunday saw no community transmission case.

Also on Sunday, Da Nang received an additional 140,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the Ministry of Health, thus bringing the total is 684,356 till date.

The local healthcare sector has administered 530,967 doses to local residents, of whom 456,447 people has received the first dose whilst 74,520 others go the second shot.

Till date, 34 out of the total 56 communes and wards citywide have been labelled as ‘green zones’.

They are the communes of Hoa Bac, Hoa Khuong, Hoa Tien, Hoa Phu, Hoa Lien, Hoa Nhon, Hoa Phong, Hoa Phuoc and Hoa Ninh in Hoa Vang District, the wards of An Hai Bac, Man Thai, An Hai Tay, An Hai Dong, Phuoc My, Nai Hien Dong and Tho Quang in Son Tra District, the wards of Hoa Quy, Hoa Hai, My An and Khue My in Ngu Hanh Son District, the wards of Phuoc Ninh, Nam Duong, Hai Chau 1, Hoa Cuong Nam, Binh Thuan and Binh Hien in Hai Chau District, the wards of Hoa Khe, Thanh Khe Dong, Thac Gian, Chinh Gian and Xuan Ha in Thanh Khe District, the wards of Khue Trung and Hoa Tho Tay in Cam Le District and Hoa Khanh Bac Ward in Lien Chieu District.

Since July 10, Da Nang’s COVID-19 infection tally has climbed to 4,606.

Reporting by PHAN CHUNG – Translating by A.T