Danang to ease social distancing rules from September.
The authorities helped 1.7 million tourists leave the city. They are still sending employees from other cities and provinces home per request.
According to Chinh, as the situation gets better, the public is likely to become complacent. Starting from September, they would start easing the social distancing rules gradually, so they would need more effective solutions in order to ensure the economy recovery.
Ngo Thi Kim Yen, vice head of Danang Department of Health, said they had tested small traders, medical staff, foreigners, workers at two industrial parks that have outbreaks and students who attended the national high school graduation exams. Workers at four other industrial parks still haven't been tested.
Yen suggested using the next week to test 100,000 people at a cost of VND50bn (USD2.1m) to be completely safe. The authorities will give VND21bn to 2,237 Covid-19 prevention and control teams to work in the next two months. Yen said citizens must get used to the new normal for daily activities to be resumed.
Danang authorities promised to strictly follow prime ministerial Directive 16 about Covid-19 prevention. When the situation gets better, they will relax social distancing rules for specific sectors and issue directives about how to behave in public places.
The city authorities agreed to speed up the constructions of key projects and provide financial supports for Covid-19 victims. They asked the government to build a special mechanism for Danang to recover the economy. In the current time, they will focus on supporting poor people and ensure that operation at industrial parks will not be disrupted.
Huynh Duc Tho, chairman of Danang People's Committee, said if the situation allowed, they would relax the social distancing rules in several areas on September 1. Areas in the danger zones will still have to follow social distancing rules.
Nguyen Van Quang, deputy party secretary of Danang, said the localities authorities should take a lesson and look at their weakness for letting a second wave occurs to avoid a similar situation in the future. Quang agreed that Danang can afford to relax the social distancing rules, however, it's safer to wait for the test results of 14,000 teachers and students after the high school graduation exam.
Party Secretary of Danang Truong Quang Nghia asked the Civil Affairs Committee of Danang to build the directives about how to behave in public after social distancing rules are relaxed.
