The central Vietnamese city of Da Nang says it will resume flights and all other transportation services Monday after its move to ease social distancing rules. Instead of a nationwide lockdown, Vietnam is taking a more targeted approach focusing on regions seeing outbreaks.
On Sunday afternoon, the Ministry of Transport instructed relevant agencies to inform enterprises that all passenger transportation can resume operations to pre-Covid-19 outbreak levels in the central city.
Passengers are still required to file a medical report and wear masks. Vehicles departing from Da Nang must implement social distancing between passengers.
Da Nang had eased its social distancing campaign starting September 5 after bringing the pandemic under control. The city has seven days with no new coronavirus infections.
It now allows restaurants, shops, food and beverage establishments to offer takeaway services.
Da Nang had previously asked the Ministry of Transport to restoration of domestic transportation of road, railway, and airway routes to and from the city in order to restore economic development and ensure social security.
Since July 24, when local transmissions returned to Vietnam after more than three months, Da Nang has had 389 Covid-19 patients. From July 28, flights, buses, as well as trains to and from the central city had to cease operations completely. VNExpress, a local media reported.
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Source: Vietnam Insider