Vu Thu Anh's Oral History
Item
Title
Vu Thu Anh's Oral History
Synopsis
● Vu Thu Anh (pseudonym), 37 years old, Vietnamese
● Female
● Moving from other city to Ho Chi Minh city and lived there around 16 years already
● Graduated with a master’s in healthcare and social work
● Worked as a healthcare staff for 16 years in a hospital but just changed jobs to become a lecturer at university from August 2020 because of stress and exhaustion due to the increased workload from Covid-19
● Discusses the stress and risks of physical violence healthcare workers face
● Thinks that socialist countries have been more successful at handling Covid-19
● Lockdown for 21 days just in February 2021
● Compulsory mask wearing
● Tracing app implemented
● Only goes to the market once per week now, compared to six times before
● Family members were also on lockdown for 21 days due to COVID-19
● Female
● Moving from other city to Ho Chi Minh city and lived there around 16 years already
● Graduated with a master’s in healthcare and social work
● Worked as a healthcare staff for 16 years in a hospital but just changed jobs to become a lecturer at university from August 2020 because of stress and exhaustion due to the increased workload from Covid-19
● Discusses the stress and risks of physical violence healthcare workers face
● Thinks that socialist countries have been more successful at handling Covid-19
● Lockdown for 21 days just in February 2021
● Compulsory mask wearing
● Tracing app implemented
● Only goes to the market once per week now, compared to six times before
● Family members were also on lockdown for 21 days due to COVID-19
Date Created
February 5, 2021
Language of interview
Vietnamese
Index
Biography 1, 11, 29-30, see also ‘Job’
Bluezone (app) 29
Changes to daily routine
-Gatherings 29
-Hygiene 15, 20
-Shopping 28
-Space 20
-Work see ‘Job’
Comparison with other crises 10-11, 19
Daily life necessities
-Difficulty in obtaining supplies 21, 23
-Food 20, 28-29
-Hand sanitiser 23
-Masks 23
Description of Covid-19 4, 9-10
Discrimination 25-26
Financial impacts of Covid-19 21
-Salary loss 5
Gender and Covid-19
-Physical impacts 27
-Psychological impacts, see ‘Gender differences’ under ‘Psychological impacts’
Information sources on Covid-19 and related measures 9, 10-11
Job/Jobs
-Border guards 17
-Sister’s job as an accountant 5
-Own work at hospital 6-7, 15-18
--Physical assaults 14
-Own work at university 9, 13, 16, 21
Post Covid-19 26-27
Psychological impacts 19-20
-Exhaustion 15
-Gender differences 27-28
-Pressure on healthcare workers 13-16
-Stress 12-13, 18
-Worry 21
Relationships 12, 18
Response measures for Covid-19
-Absence from school 12, 20
-Assistance for Covid-19 relief 23-25
-Consequences for breaking rules 3
-Contact tracing 2-3, 8
-Government measures 1-3, 21-22, 25-26
-Local measures 5
-Quarantine/self-isolation 2-4, 6, 16, 18, 22, 25-26
--Quarantine centers 24
-Reactions to measures 5, 7-8, 22
-Staffing for field hospitals 24-25
-Surveillance testing 1-2, 4-6, 9, 18-19
-Treatment for Covid-19 patients 24
-Workplace measures 6-7, 9, 18
Social issues 29
Social media 29
Bluezone (app) 29
Changes to daily routine
-Gatherings 29
-Hygiene 15, 20
-Shopping 28
-Space 20
-Work see ‘Job’
Comparison with other crises 10-11, 19
Daily life necessities
-Difficulty in obtaining supplies 21, 23
-Food 20, 28-29
-Hand sanitiser 23
-Masks 23
Description of Covid-19 4, 9-10
Discrimination 25-26
Financial impacts of Covid-19 21
-Salary loss 5
Gender and Covid-19
-Physical impacts 27
-Psychological impacts, see ‘Gender differences’ under ‘Psychological impacts’
Information sources on Covid-19 and related measures 9, 10-11
Job/Jobs
-Border guards 17
-Sister’s job as an accountant 5
-Own work at hospital 6-7, 15-18
--Physical assaults 14
-Own work at university 9, 13, 16, 21
Post Covid-19 26-27
Psychological impacts 19-20
-Exhaustion 15
-Gender differences 27-28
-Pressure on healthcare workers 13-16
-Stress 12-13, 18
-Worry 21
Relationships 12, 18
Response measures for Covid-19
-Absence from school 12, 20
-Assistance for Covid-19 relief 23-25
-Consequences for breaking rules 3
-Contact tracing 2-3, 8
-Government measures 1-3, 21-22, 25-26
-Local measures 5
-Quarantine/self-isolation 2-4, 6, 16, 18, 22, 25-26
--Quarantine centers 24
-Reactions to measures 5, 7-8, 22
-Staffing for field hospitals 24-25
-Surveillance testing 1-2, 4-6, 9, 18-19
-Treatment for Covid-19 patients 24
-Workplace measures 6-7, 9, 18
Social issues 29
Social media 29
