Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading fast globally. Vietnam’s strict containment measures have significantly reduced the spread of the epidemic in the country. This was achieved through the use of emergency control measures in the epidemic areas and integration of resources from multiple sectors including health, mass media, transportation, education, public affairs, and defense. This paper reviews and shares specific measures for successful prevention and control of COVID-19 in Vietnam, which could provide useful learning for other countries.
Highlights
On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia with unknown etiology or cause, detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province ofChina [1]
A week after the first case, on 30 January, the Taskforce Group on COVID-19 prevention and control was formed with 24 members from 23 ministries, committees, the press, and radio and television representatives, to direct and coordinate among the ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies, concerned agencies and localities, in the prevention and control of acute respiratory infections caused by new strains of the virus
Since the establishment of the Taskforce Group, several directives and decisions on strengthening measures to prevent and combat COVID-19 were issued with key directions: to suspend flight authorization for all flights from Chinese and other epidemic areas to Vietnam and vice versa; to limit crowds of people, especially at festivals; to suspend festivals which have not yet been opened, and to reduce the scale of the festivals held; to ask people to wear masks in public places; and to limit spring travel and participation in festivals [10]
Summary
On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia with unknown etiology or cause, detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province ofChina [1]. On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia with unknown etiology or cause, detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of. According to the WHO report dated 3 April 2020, the coronavirus COVID-19 has affected. 206 countries and territories, with a total of 972,303 confirmed cases and 50,322 deaths. The cases started to climb in the South-East Asia Region with a total of 5881 confirmed cases and 245 deaths, and there is a need for a stronger whole-of-society approach [3]. The first case of COVID-19 in Vietnam was declared on 23 January 2020, when a 65-year-old. On 4 April 2020, there were a total of 240 confirmed cases with no deaths, and Vietnam was ranked 94th in the list of 206 countries and territories affected by COVID-19. The youngest affected individual was a 3-month-old female, and the oldest was an
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