Vietnam to evacuate 80,000 people from Danang after virus outbreak
A Vietnamese woman (C, in blue) wearing a face mask pushes her scooter on a hazy evening in Hanoi on October 1, 2019. (AFP photo). Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.
HANOI, Jul 27, 2020, Bangkok Post. Vietnam is evacuating 80,000 people, mostly local tourists, from the central city of Danang after three residents tested positive for the coronavirus at the weekend, the government said on Monday, Bangkok Post reported.
The evacuation will take at least four days with domestic airlines operating approximately 100 flights daily from Danang to 11 Vietnamese cities, the government said in a statement.
The Southeast Asian country was back on high alert after the government on Saturday confirmed its first community infections since April, and another three cases on Sunday, all in the tourism hot spot of Danang.
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