This neighbor is in big trouble!
Not India, not Japan, but Vietnam.
Because it is different from Japan and much different from India's tragic situation, Vietnam has always been a top student among the global anti-epidemic students.
Like China, Vietnam has a good job of getting the means in place and there have been few cases. As a result, Vietnam's GDP still grew by 2.9% in 2020. Don't underestimate the 2.9%, higher than China, looking around southeast Asia, Vietnam is also the only country with a positive economy.
Fighting the pandemic is also productivity. Whichever country controls well, global orders pour into which country. In the first four months of this year, Vietnam's exports increased by 28.3% year-on-year, a ten-year high. In the first quarter of this year, Vietnam's GDP grew by 4.48%, and according to the IMF forecast, Vietnam's GDP growth will reach 6.5% in 2021 and 7.2% next year.
Vietnam, in a way, is repeating the Chinese miracle, with a population of nearly 100 million, and indeed impressing the world.
But this optimism is now met with a major test.
Since the end of April this year, the epidemic has been raging in Vietnam.
The capital Hanoi, ho Chi Minh City in the south, Da Nang City in central China, and major cities in Vietnam have seen a large number of indigenous cases. In the northern province of Bac Giang, about one in five workers in a company of 4,800 people was allegedly diagnosed.
According to the Vietnam News Agency quoted by Xinhua News Agency, as of 12:00 local time on the 29th, Vietnam has confirmed a total of 5,213 local cases of new coronavirus, of which 3,643 new local cases of new coronavirus have been confirmed since April 27.
Look at the curve, which has been more than a month ago, has risen almost in a straight line.
Why so fast?
The analysis of Vietnamese officials makes people take a breath of cool air.
According to Vietnam's health minister, Nguyen Thanh Thiện, Vietnam detected a variant of the new coronavirus that appears to be a mixture of variants found in India and the UK, and the latest mutation is very dangerous.
The emergence of this new variant has raised the number of virus variants in Vietnam to 8.
Ruan Qinglong also stressed, "The main feature of this new variant is that it can spread very quickly through the air, and when it enters the human body, its concentration in the throat and saliva of the infected person will soar rapidly and spread rapidly to the surrounding area." ”
In addition, patients with this variant show signs of worsening symptoms, which may be one of the reasons for the recent outbreak in Viet Nam.
Please note:
1, the mutation found in India + the mutation found in the United Kingdom, continue to mutate.
2, highly contagious, the symptoms of the patient worsened.
3, can spread rapidly in the air.
It's really scary.
It is no wonder that the original honor students now have a red light on the exam.
In fact, Vietnam is still good, and worse, it is other Southeast Asian countries.
For example, Malaysia.
According to the data released by the Malaysian Ministry of Health on the 29th, in the past 24 hours, 9,020 new cases were confirmed in Malaysia, which is the first time that Malaysia has confirmed 9,000 cases in a single day. You know, Malaysia's total population is more than 30 million, less than one-third of our Guangdong Province, but it is more than 9,000 cases in one day.
Malaysia was also unable to do so, announcing a nationwide lockdown and suspension of economic and social activities from June 1.
And, Thailand.
Clusters of infections have occurred in many parts of Thailand. On the 29th, nearly 5,000 new cases were confirmed. In overcrowded Thai prisons, more than 20,000 cases have been confirmed.
Thailand is also unable to do so, and is considering an amnesty, but whether a large number of cases will exacerbate the spread if they return home is a new problem.
Not to mention our neighbor India, and Nepal, which has become a "scaled-down version of India" of the epidemic.
Of course, our treasure island, Taiwan, has also been suffering recently, and if the epidemic spreads, many urban blocks in Taiwan can be classified as medium and high-risk areas.
Fighting the epidemic is people's livelihood and politics, and Vietnam does not dare to be careless.
In the economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City, the government has announced the implementation of a 15-day social distancing period from May 31. In addition, all public places that originally prohibited gatherings of more than 10 people are now considering reducing the number to 5.
Alas, it is time to start the lockdown again.
Finally, what do you think?
First, honor students cannot let their guard down.
Vietnam is a first-class student, but since the end of April, there have been many alarms, and it has to be said that the virus is also evolving. It is even more important to see that India is all around us. It's like a barrel, how much water you can hold doesn't depend on the highest board of the barrel, but on the lowest board; the real prevention and control of the epidemic in the world does not depend entirely on how well you do, but on the worst country. Look at this posture, want to travel, just look at the domestic great rivers and mountains, foreign tourism, or forget it.
Second, there must be thunderbolt means.
Thunderbolt means, bodhisattva heart. Vietnam's current drastic measures should also see China's experience. But the most fundamental thing is vaccines, vaccines, vaccines! The overall situation in Europe and the United States is improving, to a large extent, it is the result of vaccination. According to statistics, the vaccination rate in Vietnam is only 0.03%, which is far from enough. For Chinese, this is a profound lesson, don't usually not be in a hurry or rush to vaccinate, then break your head and cry and cry daddy and call your mother to rush for vaccination.
Third, 2021, it is still not easy!
There is no doubt that this is a comprehensive test, because the facts have repeatedly proved that the epidemic is out of control→ lockdown→ the economic downturn→ the outflow of orders→ the economic crisis → the social crisis... This is not to mention the human tragedy of life and death, and once the order is lost, once the pattern is formed, it is difficult to change it.
The test continues, and the inflection point has not yet arrived. It's no wonder that in Japan, so many people have called for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics; in Southeast Asia, "airborne" is a warning sign if determined. As close neighbors, we must not be careless. Guangzhou, come on!