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A woman rides her bicycle near a make-shift barricade in Hanoi

2021/09/15 GMT

Covid in Vietnam

BBC World Service - Health Check, Covid in Vietnam

Covid lockdowns in Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City

How Vietnam is dealing with Covid; mystery fever in UP in India; breast milk helps premature babies’ hearts; long Covid in children

In 2020 Vietnam ran a successful track and trace system, with very few coronavirus infections and for a long time no deaths at all, while other countries had thousands. In 2021 things haven’t gone so well and since July strict stay at home orders have been in place in some cities. Nga Pham, a journalist from BBC World News, and software engineer Kevin Vu talk about what life is like in Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City.

Dr Monica Lakhanpaul, Professor of Integrated Community Child Health at University College London, talks to Claudia Hammond about a mystery disease outbreak in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. The symptoms are fever, joint pains, headaches and nausea. 

People born premature can have an increased risk of developing heart problems later in life. For the first time researchers have shown that breast milk can improve heart performance in premature babies. The new study was done by Afif El-Khuffash who looks after premature babies and is Clinical Professor of Paediatrics at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. 

And Monica and Claudia discuss the latest research into long Covid in children.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer:  Pam Rutherford

(Picture: A resident rides her bicycle near a make-shift barricade in Hanoi during the lockdown to stop the spread of Covid-19. Photo credit: Nhac Nguyen/AFP/Getty Images.)

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