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Apphich urged people to come together to fight the COVID-19 epidemic in Hanoi – Photo: AFP
In the article published on February 21, Business Insider – Electronic newspaper based in New York (USA) – Has reviewed a number of achievements against the COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam.
Citing classifications from the Lowy Research Institute (Australia), Business Insider Vietnam confirmed that among countries with COVID-19 outbreaks, Vietnam ranked second in terms of effective control of the epidemic, behind only New Zealand. Continuing to trust the previous rankings, Business Insider He said the United States ranked 94th and lacked many effective measures against the epidemic.
Business Insider He quoted Mr. Kamal Malhotra, United Nations Resident Coordinator, on the success of Vietnam. In which, Mr. Malhotra emphasized that “Vietnam should be ahead of New Zealand” because it faces more challenges in fighting epidemics.
According to Malhotra, there are external prejudices about the success of Vietnam because its political system is different from that of most of the world. “There are many suspicions that the government is silencing the data, but that is completely incorrect. The data is updated in real time and here there is no coercion,” confirmed the UN expert.
Emphasizing that Vietnam never had to blockade the entire country as harshly as the UK or some European countries, Business Insider confirming that this is a testament to the “cheap but effective” way of Vietnam.
“Instead of a national lockdown, the prime minister of Vietnam asked the people to implement a two-week national social gap in April 2020. By early May, most Vietnamese had come back to life. Normal,” Business Insider aforementioned.
“When people believe the government, they will follow what the government instructs,” the US newspaper quoted Dr. Guy Thwaites, who was present at one of the COVID-19 treatment hospitals in Vietnam. The doctor from the University of Oxford (UK) was impressed with the rapid anti-epidemic response of the Vietnamese government.
Given its geographic location and the size of the population, Vietnam should have been a hot spot. But with a low-cost anti-epidemic model and basic measures, Vietnam has been able to contain the translation for a few months. “
Business Insider, February 21
Medical personnel took samples for COVID-19 tests from delegates to the XIII Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam – Photo: AFP
“Vietnam’s anti-epidemic approach should be more recognized”, Business Insider raised the issue, clearly stating that Vietnam has been proactive early and actively tracking the cases of suspected and infected cases.
According to the American newspaper, no country with the same population size as Vietnam has fought the epidemic as well as Vietnam. Business Insider They point to the case of Egypt, a country of 102 million with 176,000 cases or the Democratic Republic of the Congo with 24,000 cases with 89 million people.
In Vietnam, meanwhile, only 2,838 cases of disease have been recorded, of which 35 deaths and 1,717 cases have been cured, according to the latest data from the Vietnam Ministry of Health on February 21 evening.
