Japanese paper lauds Vietnam, Taiwan, Singapore for COVID-19 fight
Hanoi (VNA) – As the world struggles with surging COVID-19
cases, Vietnam, along with Taiwan (China) and Singapore, has succeeded in
limiting local transmissions to almost zero, said Japan’s Nikkei Asia on January
6.
The article said the three Asian economies offer rare success stories in containing local
transmission using rigorous testing and quarantine.
In addition to a 14-day quarantine for entrants, Vietnam also discloses personal information on newly infected people for quick tracing of close contacts.
In Taiwan, violators of quarantine regulations face fines of up to over 37,800 USD under special regulations
enacted in February. People with positive PCR tests must be hospitalised
at the government's expense instead of recovering at home.
After battling unruly spikes
in cases among migrant workers, Singapore has contained daily local
transmissions to nearly zero these days through rigorous testing and tracing.
The city-state, with a population 5.7
million, has conducted roughly 5.4 million tests. The government still requires
testing every two weeks for foreign workers residing in dorms. Nearly 80
percent of the population has either the government's contact-tracing mobile
app or a palm-sized tracking device, it said./.