Prognosis
Pandemic Advice Ignored by Trump Helps Vietnam Fight Virus
- Country kept caseload low with CDC-backed plan, unlike U.S.
- Nation’s aggressive efforts have mostly contained virus so far
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Vietnam beat back its first wave of coronavirus infections by embracing U.S.-supported pandemic strategies that the Trump administration largely ignored.
Now the Southeast Asian country is using the plan to combat its first cases in more than three months, seeking to keep its record as one of the few places in the world that hasn’t reported a single Covid-19 death as of this week.