Vietnam’s response to COVID-19: prompt and proactive actions

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, th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of travel medicine 2020-05, Vol.27 (3)
Hauptverfasser:	Dinh, Linh, Dinh, Phuc, Nguyen, Phuong D M, Nguyen, Duy H N, Hoang, Thang
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Betacoronavirus Communicable Diseases, Imported - prevention & control Contact Tracing - legislation & jurisprudence Contact Tracing - statistics & numerical data Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control Coronavirus Infections - transmission Coronaviruses COVID-19 Developing Countries Disease control Disease transmission General & Internal Medicine Humans Infectious Diseases Life Sciences & Biomedicine Masking Medicine, General & Internal Pandemics - prevention & control Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control Pneumonia, Viral - transmission Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Quarantine - legislation & jurisprudence Rapid Communication SARS-CoV-2 Science & Technology Travel - legislation & jurisprudence Vietnam - epidemiology Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1195-1982 1708-8305
DOI:	10.1093/jtm/taaa047