Vietnam doing well in COVID-19 fight
17/2/20
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Disinfectants are sprayed on trucks entering Vietnam from a border gate in the northern province of Lao Cai |
Vietnam is doing very well in the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19), including the repatriation of its citizens, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed on February 17.
Speaking at a government meeting in Hanoi on the fight, the PM further said the country is a safe destination not only thanks to very effective efforts against the epidemic, but also naturally as it is warm from the north to the south.
Hailing effective efforts by localities in the fight with support from the Ministry of Health and relevant authorities, the government leader highlighted that Vietnam is home to a safe and attractive environment for tourism, business and living.
He specifically affirmed the determination by the government and localities for more resolute activities so as to reach the socio-economic goals and targets set for this year, despite the ravaging epidemic. “That determination and responsibility have by this moment remained unchanged,” PM Phuc stressed.
Calling on investors and businessmen to stay consistent with their plans, he affirmed that the government will ensure the best environment for the business and the living of the people and investors coming to Vietnam. The ministries, authorities and localities must take measures to ensure the people’s travel, production, business, and, at the same time, safety, the leader ordered.
He called on the people to place their trust on and support to the government in the fight, and ordered the Ministry of Information and Communications as well as other relevant authorities to deal with the spread of wrongful information on the epidemic in a serious and timely way./.
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the disease has been controlled well in Vietnam, with no new cases detected since February 13.
Vietnam has flown home 30 citizens from Wuhan in China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of the acute respiratory disease caused by the 2019-nCoV.
Vietnam has seen positive signs in the fight
supervision and quarantine work is the most important work at present to curb the spread of the virus
Vietnam's localities have been working to stamp out any outbreak, prevent disease transmission in community or at hospital.
No new countries reported cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours
A third death of a COVID-19 patient has been reported outside of China. This individual was a tourist from China visiting France.
The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a new virus linked to the same family of viruses as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and some types of common cold.
The virus is transmitted through direct contact, respiratory droplets like coughing and sneezing, and touching surfaces contaminated with the virus.
It is not yet known how long the virus survives on surfaces, but simple disinfectants can kill it.
To date, the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has affected 28 countries, with more than 71,000 individual cases recorded and a death toll of over 1000 people.
In Vietnam, industries involved in tourism, retail, restaurants, cinemas, sporting events, aviation, education, manufacturing, and supply chain are likely to have some negative impact, and in Q1 especially, with effects lingering throughout the year.
With just 16 confirmed cases in the country to date, from a population of 97 million, we don’t see any reason for investors to halt projects or business establishment in Vietnam.
I do believe that Vietnam will overcome this difficult time under the leadership of the Party and State
The WHO noted that Việt Nam has been managing the outbreak of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) “very well”.
Việt Nam activated the response system at the very early stage of the outbreak
the country has also strengthened the testing system along with the sharing of relevant information.
Việt Nam has ability and capacity to successfully isolate the virus
This demonstrates that Việt Nam has a very strong infection laboratory system
Việt Nam needs to maintain its vigilance, supervision and preparedness against the epidemic
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