Thua Thien Hue adopts market entrance tickets amid growing Covid-19 threat

Lang Co Town is the first locality in the north central coast Thua Thien Hue Province to give residents tickets to enter local markets in an effort to restrict crowds amid the rising coronavirus threat.
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Chairman of Lang Co Town Duong Dang Trung said apart from adopting social distancing measures, the locality has given citizens tickets to enter markets. Accordingly, each household will receive five tickets to go to the market in 15 days. Used tickets will be collected so that the authorities can grasp addresses of market-goers, VnExpress reported.

Thua Thien Hue adopts market entrance tickets amid growing Covid-19 threat
A market entrance ticket has been applied in Lang Co Town. Photo: VnExpress

The inspection groups have been established to control people get in and out of the market. “Although this is the first time that market tickets have been adopted, residents have strictly abided by the rule as everyone fears the pandemic. They have also adhered to wearing face masks,” Trung said.

Besides Lang Co Town, the Da Nang central city and the northern Hai Duong Province have also applied market entrance tickets.

Thua Thien Hue adopts market entrance tickets amid growing Covid-19 threat
A medical checkpoint in Lang Co Town. Photo: VnExpress

Bordering Da Nang City, Lang Co Town has reported many F1 cases linked to a Covid-19 case in NEW Phuong Dong bar.

Lang Co and Phong Dien Towns and Phong Thu and Phong Hoa Communes have implemented social distancing measure on May 8, while, Phong Hien Commune and Phuoc An and Phuoc Loc villages in Phu Loc District have placed under lockdown after two Covid-19 cases were detected.

Vietnam confirmed 16 more Covid-19 community transmission cases Tuesday noon in northern and central localities.

Ten of the cases were recorded in Bac Giang, two in Hanoi, two in Quang Tri, one in Bac Ninh and one in Hai Duong. All the cases were recorded in locked-down zones.

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