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By George Black <https://www.thenation.com/authors/george-black/> They’ve done it through mass mobilization of the health care system, public employees, and the security forces, combined with an energetic and creative public education campaign. * <https://www.thenation.com/article/world/coronavirus-vietnam-quarantine-mobilization/>* Since the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, three Asian countries have been singled out for praise for their effective response. First, it was South Korea. The country has a population of 52 million, and as of April 22 it has 10,702 cases and 240 deaths. Taiwan has drawn a lot of media attention because of its spiky relationship with the World Health Organization, and, with 24 million people, its numbers are much better than South Korea’s: 427 cases and only six deaths. Singapore, finally, with a population of 5.5 million, has 11,178 cases and 12 fatalities, and was held up as a model until last week, which brought a new surge that appears to have begun in a hostel for South Asian migrant workers. The glaring omission from this list is Vietnam. Almost three months since its first case was detected on January 23, the number of recorded infections has inched up to only 268, and so far no one has died. The population of Vietnam is 95 million—more than South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore combined. *https://www.thenation.com/article/world/coronavirus-vietnam-quarantine-mobilization/ <https://www.thenation.com/article/world/coronavirus-vietnam-quarantine-mobilization/>* _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
