Bao Anh: “Vietnam is the most successful country in the world in the fight against Covid-19.”

Bulletin 6h00 am on 3/5 of the National Steering Committee for Epidemic Prevention Covid-19 said that there was no new case of Covid-19. To date 17 days, Vietnam has not detected new cases of Covid-19 in the community. Also according to the report, up to now, 219/270 COVID-19 patients have been declared cured / discharged. This achievement has been thanks to the drastic, prompt and prompt in the anti-epidemic work of Vietnam in recent years. That has received high praise from international media and recently many famous British newspapers such as The Guardian, Reuters or Telegraph …

Vietnam has tested nearly 800 people for each confirmed virus infection, the highest rate in the world so far, according to Reuters data. Photo: Luong Thai Linh / EPA / The Guardian

In an article published on May 2, The Guardian said: Timeliness is the first and most critical of the reasons why Vietnam succeeds in dealing with Covid-19. The country acted early and did not hesitate to warn its citizens. On January 28, when only two cases were recorded, the Vietnamese government announced that it was planning to fight for a scenario where thousands of people may have been infected with the virus.

In the following weeks, Vietnam continued to lead the way by imposing a series of restrictions and issuing important policies such as international travel bans and mandatory masks. Due to the limited treatment infrastructure, the Vietnamese government has focused on mass testing and vigorously tracing exposure contacts of positive cases. This is the same strategy they used to fight the Sars epidemic 17 years ago and this time on a larger scale. As of April 30, Vietnam has conducted 261,004 tests and isolated tens of thousands of people.

With the motto “anti-epidemic as anti-invasion”, almost all departments, from the military, aviation to health and food production facilities are mobilized and focused on the prevention of pandemics. In the media, many meaningful and fierce messages are sent to encourage people to learn how to keep themselves and the community safe.

In particular, the messages were not rigidly conveyed but were created by the government by combining with musicians, celebrities and via text messages to make it easier to reach people. All these efforts have gradually created the success of this Asian country before a global pandemic that has plagued many months.

The Telegraph called Vietnam “the world’s most successful country in the fight against Covid-19” and described the cautiousness of the government and people after gradually dismantling measures to socialize and restrict movement.

After nearly a month of closing, the places of shopping, eating and drinking in Vietnam have started to become active again and many people are trying to overcome the time heavily affected by the Covid-19 epidemic. Most notably, although the border is nearly 1,500 km long with China and the economy is less developed than many other Asian countries, Vietnam has controlled the pandemic without recording deaths. casualties.

“Vietnam made it clear at the beginning of the pandemic that it wanted to protect its reputation as a safe country. However, it can be seen by the transparency and openness to the people; the government not only protects image but also achieve more. They have successfully built the trust of the people of the country, ” The Guardian said.

(According to The Guardian, Telegraph)