Describing the pattern of the COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam

Given the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the huge negative impacts it is causing, researching on COVID-19-related issues is very important for designing proactive and comprehensive public health interventions to fight against the pandemic. We describe the characteristics of COVID-19 patients detected in the two phases of the epidemic in Vietnam. Data used in this paper were mainly obtained from the official database of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam. Descriptive statistics were carried out using Stata 16 software. As of 18 May 2020, the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases detected in Vietnam was 324, 16 cases from 4 cities and provinces in the first phase (during 20 days, 0.8 cases detected per day) and 308 cases from 35 cities, provinces in the second phase (during 76 days, 4.1 cases detected per day). Vietnam has mobilized its entire political system to fight the COVID-19 and achieved some initial successes. We found both similarities and differences between the two phases of the COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam. We demonstrated that the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam is getting more complicated and unpredictable.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Global health action - 13(2020), 1 vom: 31. Dez., Seite 1776526

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hoang, Van Minh [VerfasserIn]
Hoang, Hong Hanh [VerfasserIn]
Khuong, Quynh Long [VerfasserIn]
La, Ngoc Quang [VerfasserIn]
Tran, Thi Tuyet Hanh [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2
Vietnam

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Date Completed 16.07.2020

Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/16549716.2020.1776526

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311670563