Wednesday, May 06, 2020

VIETNAM, THE ASIAN COUNTRY THAT HAS DEFEATED CORONAVIRUS


The health measures applied by the Vietnamese government have defeated the coronavirus


The health measures applied by the Vietnamese government have defeated the coronavirus


How can Vietnam, a densely populated country in Asia, with over  97 million people, at the same time share a common border with China, with a fragile healthcare system, become one of the countries in the world that recorded a few cases of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection?



I don't know the kind of God the Vietnamese worship but if they believe in God, then I can as well say that probably, God answered their prayers, since Vietnam is one of the Asian countries that suffered in a brutal war with America in 1965. The scars of the war are still visible today.

In that war, it is estimated that between 200,000 and 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers died. Vietnam didn't only suffer casualties, the use of bio-warfare product 'Agent Orange' used had taken its toll on the population until now, experiencing many ailments and crooked spines in children.


Thousands of kilometers from China, the origin of the disease with 82,883 cases and 4,633 deaths, the coronavirus has decimated many countries around the globe, taking its toll heavily on Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Iran, Brazil, Turkey, Russia, etc, while Vietnam that shares a border with China has registered only 271 cases with no death. This is amazing.


What measures did the Vietnamese take? Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, declared war on the coronavirus at the end of January when the outbreak of the coronavirus was still within China. “The fight against the epidemic is the same fight as with the enemy,” he declared.


According to the mayor of Ho Chi Minh City, there are only 900 beds in the intensive care units for the entire hospitals in the city. How can they cope with an epidemic in such conditions? 

Knowing that it will be the most difficult challenge to overcome if the virus hits the country, the government as quickly as possible begins testing the population to avoid the spread of the virus.


The Vietnamese authorities, therefore, have relied on strict quarantine measures and the identification of all parts of the infection chain, earlier and better than almost every country, including the United States of America, a country with one of the best healthcare systems.

With the initial 10 cases of coronavirus infection in the whole country, the Vietnamese government began to register people, not only from the closest but also from the distant surroundings of the infected person. 

To a certain degree or another, all those who could potentially become infected are limited in their mobility and social contacts. Already at the very initial stage, people who came from countries affected by the coronavirus pandemic were quarantined for two weeks. Universities and schools in Vietnam closed in early February.

A major role in suppressing the coronavirus epidemic was assigned in Vietnam to well-equipped security agencies, a trusted Vietnamese army, and the ubiquitous population control apparatus. 

In almost every quarter, in each lane and in every village, there are either representatives of the special services or voluntary informants of the Communist Party. 

The use of bio-warfare product 'Agent Orange' by America during the Vietnam war leads to many ailments, including crooked spines

The use of bio-warfare product 'Agent Orange' by America during the Vietnam war leads to many ailments, including crooked spines



The army immediately allocated both soldiers and material reserves and mobile medical units to fight the virus. Total control does not allow anyone in Vietnam to avoid the measures prescribed by the government. The infected become outcasts to their neighbors.

The strict measures taken by the government have already saved the lives of 232 out of the 271 cases for them to return to normal lives.  This is how often things happen sometimes in countries the advanced countries called the third world. 

The so-called advanced countries have something significant to learn from Vietnam and African countries that have also recorded low cases because of their quick thinking and interception. America has 1,237,761 coronavirus cases with 72,275 deaths.

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