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


Tourists wearing protective masks as they wait to check-in for departure at Da Nang Airport, Vietnam July 26, 2020. Three residents were tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the weekend in Da Nang city. - Reuters

HANOI, July 27 (Reuters): , from the central tourism hot spot of Danang after three residents tested positive for the coronavirus at the weekend, the government said on Monday.

The South-East Asian country is back on high alert after authorities on Saturday confirmed the first community infections since April, and another three cases on Sunday, all in or around Danang.

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