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The first cohort of the COVID-19 patients in Vietnam and the national response to the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is a novel infectious disease pandemic with the agent SARS-CoV-2 virus which is currently affecting and causing damage globally. The outbreak has been crossing over 200 countries in the world. In the situation of the outbreak of COVID-19, Vietnam has first sixteen typical cases...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Ngoc Huy, Van Nguyen, Thong, Nguyen, An Quang, Van Nguyen, Phuong, Nguyen, Tuan Ngoc Minh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7532489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33029087
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/ijms.45449
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Sumario:The COVID-19 pandemic is a novel infectious disease pandemic with the agent SARS-CoV-2 virus which is currently affecting and causing damage globally. The outbreak has been crossing over 200 countries in the world. In the situation of the outbreak of COVID-19, Vietnam has first sixteen typical cases confirmed positive updated to Feb 28(th), 2020. After completely applying the medical prevention and active control, Vietnam has the ability to take control of the outbreak of COVID-19 as a recent of WHO assessment. Vietnam has been reported as an effective country for prevention and control the outbreak of COVID-19. We retroactive reviewed our experience with 16 positive cases isolation. This article aims to present the first cohort of COVID-19 patients updated to Feb 28(th), 2020 in Vietnam and sharing the national response to the pandemic.