5 differences in the way against the Covid-19 pandemic in Viet Nam were commended by WHO

5 differences in the way against the Covid-19 pandemic in Viet Nam were commended by WHO Picture 1

  1. Identify cases of F0

In the morning of March 15, 2020, in the "Online conference on information technology application in Covid-19 prevention and control", Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long analyzed the differences. of Vietnam in the prevention of Covid-19.

Regarding the prevention strategy, Vietnam is persistent and consistent with the proposed strategies, but there are changes to better suit the epidemic situation.

The strength of Vietnam is to identify patient number 0, so that the health sector can control the epidemic area, prevent spread. The next step must still be more drastic, strong, and radical.

Mr. Long said: "Vietnam is still determined to control the cases of intrusive cases. We have done a good job of preventing cases of intrusion in the past. In the case if not well controlled, there is an infection in The community is difficult to control.

We have considered the Schegen area , the United Kingdom and the United States as the epidemic zones and have stopped issuing visas for entry visitors in the region and the above countries.

Yesterday, all customers coming from this area were in full isolation; Continuing containment at the northern border; The South continues to declare health. We still implement the strategy of perseverance but will push to a higher level. "

5 differences in the way against the Covid-19 pandemic in Viet Nam were commended by WHO Picture 2

Disinfect in infected areas.

2. Bright spot isolation

According to Deputy Minister Long, Vietnam is doing a very good job of the insulation work. The World Health Organization (WHO) highly values ​​the implementation of local isolation.

If abroad, contact cases are isolated at home. But in Vietnam, all close contacts are isolated at the facilities. This is a very special thing for Vietnam in isolation.

Mr. Long analyzed: "People living with infected people may not spread directly but can spread through tools and surfaces in the house. Therefore, all family members living with patients must compulsory focus isolation.

If these cases are isolated and later discovered, the likelihood of infection in the community is very low. Many cases have been detected after being isolated and treated easily.

In Son Loi, we have isolated the community to a very large extent. But recently we have made adjustments to a smaller scale, thus ensuring life and disease prevention. We must ensure isolation and not to spread in the case of isolation. "

3. Treatment from the commune level

Up to now, Vietnam has recorded 53 cases of Covid-19, of which 16 have been discharged and discharged.

Mr. Long said: "The Vietnamese view is not to focus on treatment at one place but the level of treatment. Local treatment in the locality with mild cases, mild symptoms, only severe cases will be transferred to the online level. on to treat ".

Vietnam always prepares a bad scenario to cope when the situation is bad. Vietnam's treatment regimens are always changing to reach other countries' sciences.

4. Early detection through rapid testing

According to Long, early detection of patients through rapid and accurate testing is important in preventing disease.

From March 14, Vietnam will carry out testing at the border gate, aviation scene for all travelers and Vietnamese from Europe and the US. In addition, Vietnam will conduct medical declaration and testing for cases that have previously entered the country.

"We will speed up the test, shorten the results in 24 hours. In the near future, we will perform the test to shorten the time to detect cases faster," Mr. Long said.

5. Application of technology to combat epidemics

5 differences in the way against the Covid-19 pandemic in Viet Nam were commended by WHO Picture 3

Online conference on information technology application in Covid-19 epidemic prevention.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said that over the past time, with the support from technology units, the Ministry of Health has launched a website to provide timely information on a transparent view.

The Ministry of Health has also launched many software (apps) to help people stay informed, apply electronic medical declarations to manage all visitors. Border gates need to make better electronic medical declarations to avoid causing congestion and congestion at border gates and airports and reduce the time from having to import data from paper declarations.

" Previously, with flight VN 0054 , it took Vietnam 4 days to control all passengers entering Vietnam. In the next flight, we only take two days and now it takes half a day to know passengers are where.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam assigned Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy to strive for this retrieval in less than 30 minutes. To do this is nothing more than technology. Recently, we have developed an electronic health declaration app, a universal health declaration app. Everyone has to make a full declaration, we can deploy this effectively, " Mr. Long said.