Nguyen Lan's Oral History, Round 2

Item

Title

Nguyen Lan's Oral History, Round 2

Synopsis

● Nguyen Lan (pseudonym), 73 years old, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnamese
● Lockdown for five months
● Compulsory mask wearing
● Only stayed at home, could not go to the market or other places
● Her husband just died 1 week before interviewing
● She is ill, has many type of disease, could not work, no money for living
● She does not receive any support for living from government, no pension, no husband or
no children

Date Created

February 23, 2022

Language of interview

Vietnamese

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Index

Biography 1-5, 28, 44
- Medical history 8, 11, 24, 29-30, 45

Changes to daily routine
- Exercise 8
- Food 31
- Going out 7
- Herbal facial steaming 8, 31
- Housekeeping 10
- Hygiene 7-8, 35

Comparison with other crises 31

Covid-19 waves
- 2020 versus 2021 14-17, 21-22, 32-33, 41
- Delta 19-20, 25, 32-34
- Omicron 19, 34

Daily life necessities
- Disinfection 35
- Food 7, 10, 35
- Handwash 35
- Masks 35
- Fear of online shopping 7-8

Information sources about Covid-19 1, 10, 19, 34

Jobs 3,5
- Second husband’s job, 6, 9, 23

Post Covid-19 hopes 44

Psychological impact 12, 25

Response measures to Covid-19
- Assistance for Covid-19 relief 7, 11-12, 17-18, 36, 41
- Closures 19-21
- Consequences for breaking rules 38
- Lockdown 15-16
- Reactions to response measures 37-40, 42-43
- Restrictions on social gatherings 24, 37
- Suspension of public transportation 37
- Swabbing
-- At hospital visits 9, 23
-- Neighbourhood swabbing 19

Social media 10-11

Vaccines 12-16, 25 -27, 34, 42

Item sets

Nguyen Lan's Oral History, Round 2 Nguyen Lan's Oral History, Round 2 (translation)