After Da Nang and Quang Nam Province ease travel restriction on showing certificates of negative test results for SARS-CoV-2 with the validity within 72 hours, every day, there are many vehicles moving back and forth between the two localities, leading to traffic congestion at checkpoints, especially during peak hours.

On Saturday morning, October 16, congestions were reported at a checkpoint set up at an entrance gate to Quang Nam Province on Tran Hung Dao Street in Dien Ngoc Ward, Dien Ban Town; and checkpoints at gate to/out of Da Nang on Tran Dai Nghia Street, Ngu Hanh Son District and on National Highway 1A in Hoa Phuoc Commune, Hoa Vang District.  Accordingly, thousands of cars and motorbikes lined up for kilometers waiting for handling procedures to enter the two localities.

As noted, travellers must show either permanent/temporary residence registration cards or identification cards proving that they are citizens of Da Nang and Quang Nam Province, or local authorities-granted certificates confirming frequent travel, to be eligible for travelling between the two localities.

In addition, people must make medical declarations, as well as make commitments that they did not go anywhere but Da Nang and Quang Nam Province within the past 14 days. Also, they have to strictly comply with the Health Ministry-mandated 5K recommendations.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Duy Hoang, Deputy Head of the Traffic Police Station at the Hoa Hai Gate said: "Due to the large number of passersby at the aforementioned checkpoints, we have to deploy more personnel to check personal papers and scan QR codes in a bid to prevent congestion”.

He remarked given the fact that many people did not actively make medical declarations with QR codes in advance, congestions were reported at these checkpoints.

Hundreds of cars are waiting in a queue to pass through a checkpoint set up at an entrance gate to Quang Nam Province on Tran Hung Dao Street in Dien Ngoc Ward, Dien Ban Town

People are waiting for medical declarations to pass through a checkpoint set up at an entrance gate to Quang Nam Province on Tran Hung Dao Street in Dien Ngoc Ward, Dien Ban Town

People are seen making mandatory medical declarations to be eligible to enter Quang Nam.

Parents and children are seen returning to their hometown of Quang Nam to visit their grandparents.

Traffic police directing vehicles at a checkpoints set up on Tran Dai Nghia Street, Ngu Hanh Son District, Da Nang

For those who actively declare health status with QR codes, it only takes a few seconds for functional bodies to check necessary procedures.

After having the QR codes scanned, control stamps are marked onto the road users’ hands so that they can pass through checkpoints to travel through checkpoints

Vehicles that do not comply with the instructions of the task force will be required to turn around.

The functional bodies on duty a checkpoint set up on Tran Dai Nghia Street checks each person on a vehicle, ensuring that every arrival to the city must make a medical declaration.

Functional bodies on duty at a checkpoint set up on the National Highway 1A are seen performing the task of checking documents and scanning QR codes for travellers

Over 5-ton trucks carrying goods into the city under green lane are required to drop off at a checkpoint set up on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Route in Hoa Quy Ward, Ngu Hanh Son District, instead of the National Highway 1A in a bid to reduce overload there.

 Reporting by LE HUNG - Translating by M.DUNG