On Friday, October 29, Da Nang recorded two new cases of COVID-19 which were found in managed isolation. No new community transmission cases were recorded today.

The 2 aforementioned patients, residing in Lien Chieu District’s Hoa Khanh Bac Ward and Hai Chau District’s Hoa Cuong Bac Ward, respectively, were returnees from coronavirus-hit Ho Chi Minh City. They were the close contacts of a previously-confirmed patient.

On Friday, Da Nang handled 56 returnees from other pandemic-struck localities nationwide, all of whom were put under mandatory quarantine in accordance with the regulations.

Currently, 26  returnees are undergoing mandatory quarantine at the local authorities- designated centralised facilities whilst 928 others are self-quarantining at home.

The city now has four blockaded sites, putting 26 households with a combined total of 198 people under lockdown. Of them, 79 residents belonging to 18 sealed-off families are logged in Hai Chau District, whilst the rest are identified in Thanh Khe District.

A combined total of 248 people are put under compulsory quarantine in nine centralised facilities.

Up to now, 1,030,441 out of the already received 1,124,856 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered to Da Nang residents.

Of the vaccinated people throughout Da Nang, 858, 098 have received the first shots of COVID-19 vaccines whilst 172, 343 have got the second jabs against the highly contagious disease.

Da Nang’s coronavirus infection tally has reached at 4,715 since July 10 when the current COVID-19 wave started here.

Reporting by PHAN CHUNG- Translating by A. THU