COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam - Quiz
COVID pandemic in Vietnam
  • 1. When did the fast-spreading outbreak in Vietnam begin?
A) March 2022
B) December 2021
C) End of April 2021
D) January 2020
  • 2. Where were clusters of the outbreak found in April 2021?
A) International airports
B) Schools and universities
C) Government office buildings
D) Bac Giang industrial parks and major hospitals
  • 3. How many ICU beds did Vietnam build during the pandemic according to the WHO?
A) 700,000
B) 10,000
C) 1,500
D) 30,000
  • 4. When did Ho Chi Minh City impose its first 6:00 pm curfew?
A) 28 July 2021
B) 26 July 2021
C) 20 August 2021
D) 29 August 2021
  • 5. Which official was dismissed as chair of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on 20 August 2021?
A) Phạm Minh Chính
B) Võ Văn Thưởng
C) Nguyễn Phú Trọng
D) Nguyễn Thành Phong
  • 6. How many troops were moved into Ho Chi Minh City to enforce the lockdown?
A) 5,000
B) 10,000
C) 30,000
D) 1,500
  • 7. Which holiday period was identified as a main cause of the outbreak?
A) Lunar New Year
B) National Day
C) Reunification Day and International Workers' Day
D) Mid-Autumn Festival
  • 8. Which SARS-CoV-2 variant dominated the wave starting in April 2021?
A) Beta
B) Alpha
C) Delta
D) Omicron
  • 9. What did Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính state regarding the virus on 29 August 2021?
A) Lockdowns would continue indefinitely
B) Vaccinations were ineffective
C) Vietnam might have to live with the virus
D) The virus would be eradicated by December
  • 10. When did Vietnam record its first case of the Omicron variant?
A) March 2022
B) August 2021
C) October 2023
D) December 2021
  • 11. What was the highest 7-day average of new cases recorded on 13 March 2022?
A) 217,164
B) 700,000
C) 30,000
D) 10,000
  • 12. What did the Ministry of Health recommend in August 2022 instead of declaring COVID-19 endemic?
A) Mandatory daily testing for all citizens
B) Shift to stable management
C) Closing all borders permanently
D) Strict national lockdowns
  • 13. When was the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control dissolved?
A) 29 October 2023
B) 31 October 2023
C) 20 August 2021
D) 26 July 2021
  • 14. When did the Ministry of Health publish its last COVID-19 daily report?
A) 31 October 2023
B) June 2023
C) March 2022
D) 29 October 2023
  • 15. What authority was granted to the central government by the National Assembly on 28 July 2021?
A) Dissolve the National Steering Committee
B) Implement local emergency measures
C) Declare the pandemic over
D) Mandate vaccination for all citizens
  • 16. Which market in Wuhan was linked to many early COVID-19 cases?
A) Wuhan Central Market
B) Hubei Fresh Food Market
C) Wuhan International Market
D) Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market
  • 17. When did the WHO issue its first report on the COVID-19 outbreak?
A) 20 January 2020
B) 5 January 2020
C) 30 January 2020
D) 31 December 2019
  • 18. On what date did the WHO and China confirm human-to-human transmission of COVID-19?
A) 30 January 2020
B) 12 January 2020
C) 5 January 2020
D) 20 January 2020
  • 19. What was the death toll of the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak?
A) 774
B) 8,098
C) 63
D) 5
  • 20. Since 2016, how quickly must hospitals in Vietnam report notifiable diseases to the central database?
A) Within 48 hours
B) Within 24 hours
C) Within 12 hours
D) Within one week
  • 21. In what year did Vietnam implement an 'event-based' surveillance program in collaboration with the US CDC?
A) 2018
B) 2019
C) 2016
D) 2020
  • 22. When did Vietnam record its first two cases of COVID-19?
A) 23 January 2020
B) 30 January 2020
C) 20 January 2020
D) 1 December 2019
  • 23. How many cases of SARS were reported in Vietnam during the 2002–2004 outbreak?
A) 63
B) 8,098
C) 150
D) 5
  • 24. When did the WHO declare the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)?
A) 30 January 2020
B) 20 January 2020
C) 31 December 2019
D) 5 January 2020
  • 25. What was the approximate population of Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic?
A) 150 million
B) Nearly 100 million
C) 200 million
D) 50 million
  • 26. What is the total number of COVID-19 deaths reported in Vietnam?
A) 20,476
B) 43,206
C) 11,624
D) 1,238
  • 27. Which Vietnamese locale has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases?
A) Hanoi
B) Ho Chi Minh City
C) Vĩnh Phúc
D) Hải Dương
  • 28. What was the GDP growth rate of Vietnam in 2020?
A) 1.5%
B) 3.5%
C) 2.58%
D) 2.91%
  • 29. What was Vietnam's GDP growth rate in 2021?
A) 2.58%
B) 2.1%
C) 2.91%
D) 3.2%
  • 30. Which variant caused a rapid rise in infections in early 2022?
A) Alpha
B) Omicron
C) Beta
D) Delta
  • 31. Which city has the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in Vietnam?
A) Hanoi
B) Vĩnh Phúc
C) Hải Dương
D) Ho Chi Minh City
  • 32. What principle was highlighted by the government on 5 January 2021?
A) Vaccination for all
B) Protecting people's health first
C) Zero-COVID at any cost
D) Economic stability first
  • 33. How many total doses of vaccine had arrived in Vietnam by 13 March 2022?
A) 221,807,484
B) 150,000,000
C) 11,624,000
D) 200,179,247
  • 34. Where was the first COVID-19 cluster in Vietnam identified?
A) Son Loi Commune
B) Bạch Mai Hospital
C) Da Nang
D) Buddha Bar
  • 35. Which hospital experienced a cluster of cases in March/April 2020?
A) Hanoi General Hospital
B) Cho Ray Hospital
C) Nha Trang Hospital
D) Bạch Mai Hospital
  • 36. What triggered the second wave of COVID-19 infections in Vietnam?
A) A returnee from Wuhan
B) A migrant worker returning from Japan
C) The Buddha Bar cluster
D) The 416th case in Da Nang
  • 37. Which variant was confirmed by the ministry as the dominant second-wave strain on 4 August?
A) Omicron
B) Alpha
C) D614G
D) Delta
  • 38. According to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, what characterizes patients infected by the D614G mutation?
A) Lighter viral load
B) Immunity to other strains
C) Heavier viral load
D) No viral load
  • 39. Where did the Minister of Health say the virus might still exist in patients who tested positive again?
A) Lung cells
B) Skin cells
C) Stomach lining
D) Bloodstream
  • 40. To how many days did the Ministry of Health reduce home quarantine in April 2021?
A) Twenty-one days
B) Ten days
C) Fourteen days
D) Seven days
  • 41. What happened to quarantine rules for relapsed patients in July after zero community spread was recorded?
A) They were increased
B) They were rescinded
C) They were made mandatory for everyone
D) They were extended to 21 days
  • 42. What entity supported Vietnam's widespread public-surveillance system?
A) International aid organizations
B) Private security firms
C) National university students
D) Military force
  • 43. Which technology was used by the Hanoi University of Science and Technology's test kits?
A) GeneXpert
B) RT-PCR
C) Rapid antigen detection
D) RT-LAMP
  • 44. How long was the turnaround time for the RT-LAMP test kits developed in early February 2020?
A) 14 days
B) 70 minutes
C) 45 minutes
D) 35 minutes
  • 45. In August 2020, what test was approved for COVID-19 which had been used for tuberculosis since 2012?
A) Thai Duong kit
B) GeneXpert
C) RT-LAMP
D) Viet A kit
  • 46. How long does the GeneXpert test take to provide accurate results?
A) 35–45 minutes
B) 70 minutes
C) 24 hours
D) 14 days
  • 47. What concept refers to the experience with pandemics that encourages protective behavior in the population?
A) Military discipline
B) Social memory
C) Public surveillance
D) Mass education
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