Vietnam Vs. Covid-19: How A Small Nation Defeated A Global Enemy

SAN FRANCISCO - May 5, 2020 - PRLog -- Posted Courtesy of Wright Enterprises Community Spotlight~~~

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BY ANH LÊ

Vietnam and the Vietnamese people have confronted the COVID-19 corona virus pandemic, and their quick and united national response has produced remarkable results and earned the recognition of top public health experts and organizations around the world.

COVID-19, also known as the novel corona virus, was first reported to infect people in Wuhan, China, around December 2019 and January 2020.  There were many infections and deaths from COVID-19 in Wuhan.

Vietnam acted swiftly to defeat the COVID-19 corona virus.

Vietnam's government and Ministry of Health took early actions as soon as it became aware of the COVID-19 epidemic that struck Wuhan, China.

Vietnam ordered mandatory 14-day quarantines for anyone entering the country.  It performed quick screenings at Hanoi's Noi Ba Airport and Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.  It suspended flights to and from China.

Vietnam organized quarantine camps to house overseas citizens who were returning home.

Vietnam's measures to combat COVID-19 included not only quarantines and self isolation, but also contact tracing of its citizens.

The government required that anyone who had been infected with COVID-19 be quarantined and self isolate, and report all the people that person had come in contact with, so that those individuals would also have to be quarantined.

It implemented a strict community surveillance plan in which neighbors were required to report anyone infected with COVID-19.

The government ordered a 21-day quarantine in the village of Son Loi, in Vinh Phuc province, north of Hanoi, to prevent COVID-19 infection.

At quarantine camps, the government required "social distancing" among the people who were housed there.

The government ordered schools to close since January.

A mass quarantine or national lockdown began on March 16.  People were ordered to self isolate at home.  People were required to wear masks.  "Social distancing" was required.  Buses and taxis stopped running.

A strong national public health education campaign on COVID-19 informed the Vietnamese people what they were being asked to do throughout the country.  Large street signs on COVID-19, public service announcements, daily briefings from the government, and information on COVID-19 in newspapers, magazines, TV, and radio informed the public.  It was a united national effort for the country of 96 million people.

The number of COVID-19 infections in Vietnam has been very low, in the 200's range, and there have been no deaths from the corona virus.  As of May 1, there were 270 confirmed cases of infection.

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