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Vietnam’s response to COVID-19: prompt and proactive actions
Author(s) -
Linh Dinh,
Phuc Dinh,
Phuong D.M. Nguyen,
Duy H. N. Nguyen,
Thang Van Hoang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taaa047
Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , social distance , covid-19 , government (linguistics) , china , masking (illustration) , transmission (telecommunications) , population , public health , environmental health , virology , geography , art , linguistics , philosophy , nursing , disease , archaeology , engineering , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , electrical engineering , visual arts
Sharing 1281 miles of land border with China, Vietnam imported COVID-19 cases early. With its dense population and limited resources, Vietnam is at a high risk of widespread virus transmission. However, with the government’s proactive responses and the public’s social distancing and mass masking, the outbreak is kept under control.

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