Da Nang prepares plans for increasing COVID-19 infections

Secretary of the Party Committee of Da Nang Nguyen Van Quang has ordered the local authorities to well prepare plans for an increase in COVID-19 infections in the central city.
Da Nang prepares plans for increasing COVID-19 infections ảnh 1At an area for collecting samples for COVID-19 testing in Da Nang (Photo: VNA)
DaNang (VNA) – Secretary of the Party Committee of Da Nang Nguyen VanQuang has ordered the local authorities to well prepare plans for an increasein  COVID-19 infections in the centralcity.

Speaking at an online meeting hosted by the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control on May 9, Quang highly valued localities, agencies,departments and sectors in quickly implementing timely and effective measuresto prevent and control the pandemic.

He suggested units and localities establish more concentrated quarantine areasto meet the demand of COVID-19 prevention.

Quang also stressed the need to strictly handle violations related COVID-19prevention regulations, prepare medical supplies, and set up inter-sectorialdelegations to remind and inspect the disease prevention work in localbusinesses.

For his part, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Ho Ky Minh saidDa Nang must pay more attention to accelerating contact tracing, quarantine and testing work, as well as preparing medical supplies toserve disease prevention.

According to the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl, Da Nang confirmed 31 more cases tested positive for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once in the past 24hours to 14:00 on May 9. All of them were putunder quarantine.

The city has so far recorded 34 areas related to COVID-19 infections. Lockdownhas been imposed in 24 areas in the city.

Vietnam reported 80 new COVID-19 cases on May 10 morning, including 78 domestic infections and two imported.

The new infections took to the total number of coronavirus cases in the countryto 3,412, including 411 locally-transmitted infections detected since thelatest outbreak hit the country on April 27./.

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