Japan’s NHK reveals secrets behind Vietnam’s success in handling Covid-19
(VOVWORLD) - Quickly establishing a testing system and thorough quarantine measures are the main factors behind Vietnam’s success in containing COVID-19 community infections, a Japanese expert was quoted as saying by the Japanese public broadcaster NHK on Thursday.
 A medic checks temperature of people quarantined at a state-designated facility in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) |
The story was reported by NHK Hanoi Bureau Chief Michishita Wataru, revealing reasons behind Vietnam’s impressive handling of the coronavirus since its early stages.
"Vietnam has no special test kits or drugs to treat the disease,” says Hasebe Futoshi, a professor at Nagasaki University's Institute of Tropical Medicine Vietnam Research Station who has been conducting research on infectious diseases together with an institute in Hanoi for many years. “But the government decided to do what it had to do at an early stage and put that plan straight into practice," he added.
As of early June, Vietnam had recorded only around 330 cases of COVID-19 and not a single fatality. The figures are remarkable for a country with a population of nearly 100 million and a border with China. Early and robust action was taken by Vietnam to halt the spread of the virus, NHK reported.