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