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Toole points out that Vietnam had already developed three COVID-19 test kits by early March, the time when the U.S. had not even acquired an effective one. [3] The Guardian praised Vietnam's propaganda posters reflecting the wartime spirit and Vietnamese nationalism , along with early isolation and tracing objects in contact with the sick ...
Viet A had sold 4.5 million COVID-19 test kits in Vietnam during the pandemic at prices three times higher than their real cost and had illegally generated 1.23 trillion dong ($50.25 million), the ...
He held the post until June 7th 2022, when he was relieved of duty by the National Assembly following corruption allegations regarding the Viet A COVID-19 test kit scandal. [ 14 ] On July 15, 2022, Ms. Dao Hong Lan took office as Minister of Health, [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] replacing Mr. Nguyen Thanh Long , after the discovery of scandals related ...
Nguyễn Thanh Long (born September 3, 1966) is a Vietnamese politician and doctor who served as Minister of Health from July 2020 to his removal from the Communist Party of Vietnam in June 2022 for involvement in the Việt Á corruption scandal. During his term as Minister of Health, he was in acting capacity from July to November 2020.
Vietnam experienced its largest outbreak beginning in April 2021, with over 1.2 million infections recorded by that November. [18] This led to two of its largest cities, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi , and around a third of the country's population coming under some form of lockdown by late July. [ 19 ]
[143] [144] On 21 July 2021, the first test batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine has been produced in Vietnam, according to Russia's sovereign wealth fund RDIF and Vietnamese pharmaceutical company Vabiotech. The first validation samples taken from the batch were shipped to Gamaleya Center in Russia for quality control checks.
Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia reported the index cases in January 2020, while the rest were in March. Southeast Asia faced its first wave in January 2021 by reporting more than 15,000 cases daily, mostly contributed by Indonesia .
One way to test that: special elections to fill empty state legislature and congressional seats. Special elections, which typically motivate much lower turnout than ordinary races, are an important indicator of partisan enthusiasm. That’s why a Delaware state senate race in late February got so much national attention.