Vietnam’s response to coronavirus crisis earns commendation from WHO. Take a look at how they managed to control the pandemic crisis in the article below!

Immediately Response and Wartime Parallels

Despite sharing a boundary with China, Vietnam is by far the country without any deaths report during the Coronavirus outbreak. With quick action apply, popular test, strong quarantine rule, and social union; up to now, this country has avoided running into a situation like Europe and U.S. As for the official statistics, more than 75.000 isolated people, carried out over 121.000 tests, so 260 cases confirmed. Therefore, Vietnam’s response to the crisis has received praise from the World Health Organization.

The country quickly established the Nation Steering Committee about the prevention and control of Covid-19. Moreover, this department was founded under the direction of Vice Prime Minister; who immediately implement a national response plan. Dr Kidong Park, WHO Representative in Viet Nam, said Vietnam has responded to this outbreak early and proactively. Its first risk assessment exercise conducted in early January. Then, this nation conducted the whole of lockdown in early April. 

Recently, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc described the Viet Nam effort in the fight preventing Coronavirus; dubbed mutual attack in the spring of 2020. Nguyen Van Trang – the economist in Hanoi, said her parent hadn’t seen compliance, discipline and solidarity since the war. The government has decided to close the school since January, and bulk quarantine starts on March 16. Until March 25, the international flights shut down completely. Nguyen Huy Nga- former director of the Preventive Medicine Department of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam- explained nation success.

Early Containment

“First of all, isolation and hospital treatment of people confirmed to have the virus or suspected infection.” Park unveiled. “Secondly, anyone who has had direct contact with a confirmed case must face mandatory quarantine.” He added. “This measure even extends to their contacts, which are then also required to isolate themselves. Communities, streets or buildings where cases have been confirmed also carry out isolation,” he said. On March 10, a Vietnamese man sentenced to 9 months in prison for aggressively refusing to wear a mask. “We can’t predict, but we can say that the course of the disease can determine the actions that countries, including Vietnam, are currently taking,” Mr. Park said.