Spraying disinfectant to prevent the spread of coronavirus (Photo:VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Despite limited resources, Vietnam has been taking proactive measures intackling COVID-19, said an article posted on The ASEAN Post on April 9.
Compared to other ASEAN member states such asMalaysia and Indonesia which have thousands of infections and numerous deaths,Vietnam’s number of cases is relatively low, according to the article.
The country with a population of over 95 millionis one of the three ASEAN countries which have yet to report any fatalitiesfrom the disease alongside Laos and Cambodia, the article said.
The article cited Vietnam’s Deputy HealthMinister Nguyen Thanh Long as assuring the public and media that there is noshortage of test kits to diagnose the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Apart from 200,000 rapid COVID-19 test kitsbought from the Repulic of Korea, Vietnam has also successfully produced itsown test kits which could help diagnose the virus infection in just an hour,the article said.
Earlier, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canadasaid “Vietnam has successfully conducted tracing via the quick identificationof infectious contacts based on the Ministry of Health’s classifications of infected,suspected, and exposed cases of COVID-19 and the rapid mobilisation of healthprofessionals, public security personnel, the military, and civil servants toimplement the tracing.”
Other than that, Vietnam has also imposedstrict monitoring of suspected infections. The country’s health ministry hasworked with tech-firms to develop an online reporting system in which suspectedand confirmed cases of COVID-19, as well as people who were in close contactwith them, are entered into a database available in real time.
Furthermore, Vietnam’s Ministry of Informationand Communications has introduced a mobile app called NCOVI to allow the publicto declare their state of health on a daily basis.
TheWorld Economic Forum (WEF) had also applauded Vietnam for its swift response inhandling the new coronavirus./.,
VNA
