Vietnamese people’s sense of compatriots in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic in the Russian Federation

Vietnamese people’s sense of compatriots in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic in the Russian Federation
Mr. Ho Si Bang (left) answered an online interview with VNA reporter (right). Photo: Tran Hieu/ VNA reporter in Russia

In that context, it is inevitable that Vietnamese people in the Russian capital will be infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Since the first case of a Vietnamese person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Moscow on March 27, up to now, many Vietnamese people in the Russian capital have been infected with this virus strain. To update the situation of the Vietnamese community, VNA reporter in Russia had a frank discussion with Mr. Ho Sy Bang, from Nghe An, who is considered a community “soldier” participating in supporting many people. Viet is sick in the epidemic center of Russia.

Claiming to be F1 because he came into contact with many sick people, Mr. Bang said that because Vietnamese people in Moscow recently had a mental crisis due to being too worried about the epidemic, some had pneumonia or Seasonal flu also makes you think you have the SARS-CoV-2 virus, or even feel like you have the disease but in reality you are not sick. That’s why there are Vietnamese people hospitalized but in reality they are not infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Because he has supported many sick Vietnamese people, Mr. Bang said it is very difficult to accurately count the number of Vietnamese people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Moscow. However, according to his information and from the group supporting people in medical examination and treatment, where his family lives on Vsevolod Vishnevsky Street, house number 4, where the first Vietnamese person infected with SARS-CoV-2, the number of people There are 17 sick Vietnamese people, while in the capital Moscow this number is about 250 Vietnamese people. The area with the most sick Vietnamese people is near Lyublino market, Sadovod market, Km 19 market, and Belaya Dacha area. Another problem that arises is that some Vietnamese people are confused and under heavy psychological pressure, so when they are sick they do not report and self-isolate, leading to spreading the disease to others.

Mr. Bang highly appreciated the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia organizing an online conference on establishing the COVID-19 Anti-epidemic Network of Vietnamese people in Russia on April 15, as well as coordinating a group of doctors in Russia. Vietnam held an online consultation session on COVID-19 on April 17, providing basic information about the epidemic, clearing many questions of the Vietnamese community in Moscow.

As someone who has been helping Vietnamese people since the early days, Mr. Bang told us about many difficult situations such as the whole family having to go to the hospital, leaving the children behind. This incident initially made the community worried, but in fact the children were taken care of by the Russian agency specializing in protecting mothers and children.



In Moscow, people with mild illnesses are treated at home, doctors often come to examine them and give medicine, but due to the mentality of being sick, they have to go to the hospital, so Vietnamese people find ways to be hospitalized. Mr. Bang also recounted many times when he and other members of the mutual aid group, in coordination with the Embassy, ​​supported Vietnamese groups with sick people, took people to the hospital, or found ways to relieve the psychology of Vietnamese people. late at night, while Moscow is applying a strict quarantine regime. He said that he and his support group accepted such hardships partly because they were encouraged by the supportive spirit of the Vietnamese community, as well as the love and affection between community members.

According to Mr. Bang, since the establishment of the “All-Russian COVID-19 Anti-COVID-19 Support Network” directed by the Vietnamese Embassy in the Russian Federation, the burden of supporting Vietnamese people has been reduced. Mr. Bang emphasized that the problem of solving people’s psychology and spirit is very important, and there needs to be widespread propaganda so that people understand and have appropriate behavior in situations of illness, reducing the load on the industry. local health care, also limits spread in the community.

Talking to a Vietnamese person who just returned from the hospital – Ms. T, a seller at Sadovod market and living in the same building as Mr. Bang’s family, said that she was worried because her neighbor had a fever and cough and went to the hospital. She invited a few friends to get a lung scan. After the scan showed signs of lung damage, on April 11, the clinic called emergency number 03 to be admitted to the hospital. Upon re-examination at the hospital, the doctor determined she had mild pneumonia and after a period of treatment, she was discharged from the hospital on April 16. Her medical history did not confirm that she was positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Ms. T expressed her sincere thanks to the treating doctors, praised the care of the Russian doctors and said that she was not discriminated against and that every patient in the hospital All receive equal care from doctors.

Source: Vietnamese