Nguyen Thanh Long

So far, Danang has undergone 25 days of community transmission and the city-linked local infections have exceeded 500.

Sending elite health workers to Danang and speeding up testing are among measures to curb the coronavirus outbreak in the famous beach city.

The evacuation helps minimize infections and save the health staff.

Until now foreign diplomats and experts are subject to self-isolation at home or indicated hotels when entering Vietnam.

So far, all people coming from or traveling across China would be quarantined for 14 days when entering Vietnam.

Vietnam considers quarantine one of the tough measures to prevent the spread of epidemic when the confirmed infected cases hit 10 in the country.

Senior officials said Vietnam has prepared different scenarios for the epidemic, including the possibility of more than 1,000 cases confirmed.

The working teams will keep an eye on the epidemic which leaves more than 60 suspected cases so far.

Returning to the old post, Long will be a member of the Working Group for nCoV Prevention.