Vietnam to evacuate 80,000 people from Danang after virus outbreak

A woman peers from a ferry crossing Saigon River toward the center of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, 24 April 2000. (File/AFP)

• The evacuation will take at least four days

HANOI: 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.
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.