Prague (VNA) – Vietnamese people living in the CzechRepublic have taken anti-COVID-19 measures very seriously, Chairman Milos Kusyof the Czech-Vietnam Friendship Association told Aktualne.cz in an interview onMarch 24.

Vietnamese perceive non-compliance with the measures asvery irresponsible, so they adhere to anti-pandemic rules better than manyCzechs, he said.

Kusy noted he sees what lies behind Vietnamese disciplineis years of experience in dealing with epidemics in their home country and inAsia.

“They are an example for us in discipline and adherenceto hygiene rules,” he said.

Kusy was also impressed by how Vietnam has fought theCOVID-19 with only 35 deaths reported since the outset of the pandemic despitethe fact that it has a population of more than 90 million. Strict preventivemeasures have been in place in the country since the beginning of this year, henoted.

"Since last February, anyone who wants to enterVietnam has to go through a fortnight's quarantine in a state-designated campor hotels," Kusy described. He also attributed the low number of infectedcases in Vietnam to effective contact tracing.

Data from Vietnam’s Health Ministry shows that Vietnamhas gone through seven days without new COVID-19 cases. The national countremains at 2,576, of which 1,601 are locally-infected cases./.