Summary: Vietnam restarts prevention and control measures to respond to the rebound of the epidemic
Xinhua News Agency, Hanoi, August 10, report: Vietnam restarts prevention and control measures to respond to the rebound of the epidemic
Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Shuo Tao Jun
According to data from the Ministry of Health of Vietnam at 18:00 local time on the 10th, Vietnam has a total of 847 confirmed cases of new crown, a total of 13 deaths, and a total of 399 cured. In the absence of new local confirmed cases in the previous days, hundreds of local cases have been reported in various provinces and cities in Vietnam since July 25. The source of infection has not been identified so far, and many places have restarted previously relaxed social isolation, etc. Prevention and control measures.
The rebound of the epidemic in Vietnam was centered on Da Nang City in central China, and it quickly spread to many places in a short period of time. On July 25, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam announced that a 57-year-old man in Da Nang City was diagnosed with the infection. The man had not left the city in the past month but had visited a local hospital. Subsequently, many places including the capital Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City in the south, and Quang Nam Province in the central region reported new local cases, most of which were related to Da Nang, but the source has not yet been identified. According to information released by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, as of now, more than 10 provinces and cities across the country have reported local cases.
On July 31, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam reported the country's first death from COVID-19, a 70-year-old male. At present, all deaths reported in Vietnam are patients with underlying diseases.
Prior to this, the new crown epidemic in Vietnam has mainly gone through two stages. The first phase began on January 23. Vietnam reported the country's first batch of confirmed cases of new crown. As of mid-February, a total of 16 confirmed cases were reported across the country. In early March, Vietnam achieved "zero clearance".
The second phase started in early March. Vietnam discovered multiple imported cases from Europe and the United States, followed by local cases and cluster infections. The Vietnamese government has strengthened entry restrictions and quarantine policies, and implemented a 15-day social distancing measure across the country from April 1. From 6:00 on April 16 to 6:00 on July 25, Vietnam has not reported local confirmed cases for 100 consecutive days, during which all new cases were imported.
In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, the representative of the World Health Organization in Vietnam, Piao Qidong, said that Vietnam’s previous effective epidemic prevention and control mainly included early and proactive response to the epidemic, rapid deployment of resources through the efforts of the whole society, and comprehensive and reliable communication. Mechanism and information release.
"Vietnam initiated the response mechanism early and in time," he said. "In the early stage of the outbreak, Vietnam established a multi-sectoral National Steering Committee for New Crown Epidemic Prevention and Control, and immediately formulated a national-level response plan."
Piao Qidong said that after the local confirmed cases were found in Da Nang City, Vietnam quickly launched investigations, tracking, isolation and other response measures. "The rapid increase in confirmed cases in the past few days reflects the results of this rapid response."
As one of the most important outbreak sites in Vietnam, Da Nang Hospital has received more than 7,000 inpatients and more than 30,000 non-inpatients since July, and these people have been isolated and sampled for testing. Compared with the previous stage of the epidemic, there have been many different ways of infection in this Da Nang epidemic, the most common being family cluster infections.
According to the Viet News Agency, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam recently requested all localities to speed up the tracking and investigation of persons returning from Da Nang City from July 1 to 28. According to the instructions of the Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Da Nang City has implemented social distancing measures for at least 14 days since July 28. People traveling from Da Nang City to other places need to be tested for the new crown virus, and the local area suspends non-essential business activities to arrive and leave Da Nang. Domestic passenger flights, water passenger routes, inter-provincial and intra-city fixed passenger train passenger routes in the port city are also suspended.
In addition, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Quang Nam Province, Khanh Hoa Province and other places have also taken measures to block high-risk areas such as streets where confirmed cases live, require bars and other non-essential service places to suspend business, prohibit gathering activities, and penalize public places for not wearing them. Prevention and control measures such as maskers.
According to the Viet News Agency, Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated at the government meeting on epidemic prevention and control on August 7 that the risk of local infection in Vietnam is still high, especially in the next two weeks. Key areas include Da Nang City, Quang Nam Province, and Hanoi. , Ho Chi Minh City, etc., require strict epidemic prevention measures while maintaining production and business activities. He instructed relevant departments to prepare for the construction of additional field hospitals in Da Nang City, Quang Nam Province, and other high-risk areas, and required areas where the epidemic occurred to ensure sufficient materials such as testing supplies and biological agents for timely detection of the new crown virus.
Before the outbreak in Da Nang City, as no new local confirmed cases were reported for 100 days, social life in various parts of Vietnam has gradually returned to normal, epidemic prevention measures have been relaxed, and many people in public places have taken off their masks. The Vietnamese government has put the resumption of work and production on its agenda, and has also taken measures to stimulate domestic tourism and restore domestic routes.
Piao Qidong said that the outbreak in Da Nang City reminds people that the new crown pandemic is far from over and must continue to be vigilant. "A small number of cases or zero cases does not mean zero transmission. Behind this, the virus may have spread silently among asymptomatic or mildly infected people."