Thousands of foreigners in Da Nang tested for COVID-19
Thousands of foreign workers and stranded tourists in the central city of Da Nang have been tested for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 as part of the city's efforts to fight the pandemic.
A health worker instructs a foreigner how to get samples for testing.(Photo: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) - Thousands of foreign workers and stranded tourists in thecentral city of Da Nang havebeen tested for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 as part of the city'sefforts to fight the pandemic.
FromAugust 21 to 25, more than 2,198 foreigners living in Son Tra district were tested.
Vice Director of the district’s Healthcare Centre Ngo Van Dinh Hoai said the testing aimed to find COVID-19cases in the community and then implement quarantine in a timely fashion.
Thetesting was expected to reassure people in local disease preventionand control efforts.
AntibodyELISA and RT-PCR testing methods are used, according to Hoai.
On August 25 morning alone, more than 800 foreigners in thedistrict's An Hai Bac ward had their samples taken as the city's Centre for DiseasesControl worked together with the district's healthcare centre.
Morethan 30 health workers from Sơn Tradistrict’s Healthcare Centre worked to take samplesat Le Do Secondary school and the ward’s police assisted people.
Interpreters sitting with police helped the foreigners duringthe testing process.
Headof the ward’s police division Major Doan Hoang Linh said that earlier, they and localhealth workers made a list of foreigners living in the locality.
Policegave people application forms in either English, Korean or Chinese to fillin their information.
Policeinformed about the testing to every foreigner living in the locality, Linhsaid, adding that police also worked with apartment building management boardto take people to the testing place.
Testing results will be announced in the next two days./.
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A health worker instructs a foreigner how to get samples for testing.(Photo: VNA) 
