Officials of the Provincial Center for Disease Control apply IT in investigating and tracing cases with epidemiological factors related to the Covid-19 epidemic. In the face of complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed to make a full-scale, stronger and more effective offensive with more active, comprehensive and more appropriate solutions. , more effectively in the spirit of “fighting the epidemic like fighting the enemy”. In particular, attention must be paid to epidemic prevention and control from early, remotely, from before the epidemic with the motto 5K + vaccines and technology solutions. Following the direction of the Government and the Prime Minister, during the past time, especially the 3rd and 4th Covid-19 epidemics in 2021, Quang Ninh has always focused on applying IT in work. epidemic prevention and control, has brought effective, such as: NCOVI voluntary health declaration for people; online medical declaration at tokhaiyte.vn (VietNam Health Declaration application); Bluezone detects close contact with sick people, suspected infected people through Bluetooth of smartphones; anti-epidemic map system at antoancovid.vn for service establishments, accommodation, crowded public places such as schools, medical examination and treatment facilities…; The system records people coming and going to public places through scanning QR codes at smartphone applications such as NCOVI, VietNam Health Declaration, Bluezone… Electronic medical declaration and QR code scanning are applied at Bach Dang Bridge epidemic prevention and control checkpoint. Concretize Notice No. 137/TB-VPCP dated May 30, 2021 of the Government Office “Notifying the conclusion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the nationwide online meeting on the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic. -19″, the provincial directives related to the mandatory application of technology in the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic, Quang Ninh Department of Information and Communications has actively implemented many solutions. In which, strengthening propaganda, guidance and supervision of localities and units throughout the province on installing Bluezone application; urgently research and build the province’s own website on the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic, providing useful and necessary information to serve the direction and operation of the steering committees at all levels and serve people look up information; integrating the province’s Covid-19 map, connecting with central database systems and synchronizing electronic medical declaration data to serve the direction, administration and tracing; Build your own mobile app… Provincial General Hospital staff update hospital information on the National Covid-19 Safe Coexistence Map. Through the IT and telecommunications foundation infrastructure of the province’s e-Government system such as: Provincial public service portal, official email system, public Wi-Fi system… Department of Information and Communications is the focal point. broadcast messages and developments in epidemic prevention and control as well as the direction and administration of the province; provide information on epidemic prevention and control to press agencies, media as well as basic information systems, including information related to tracing work. At times with special factors, the Department produces newsletters or informational content to provide timely, fastest and absolutely accurate information to the press and the grassroots information system. Information in the province’s epidemic prevention and control is updated on the provincial portal and the provincial e-Government page on the Zalo platform. Most of the departments, branches, localities and units in the province currently have fan pages on facebook; All information on the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic is gathered and posted on the e-Government page of Quang Ninh province on the Zalo platform… This is an important part of helping the province to spread messages to the people in the public sector. disease prevention and control, so that every citizen knows and proactively prevents and effectively prevents epidemics at all times and places. Minh Ha

Van Don International Airport ensures the process of picking up flights to bring Vietnamese citizens home and immigration experts. After 7 days of concentrated isolation, people on entry will continue to isolate at home for a full 7 days and monitor their health for the next 14 days. Subjects who have entered the country but have not received the full dose of the vaccine will be quarantined for 14 days and monitored for 14 days. Diplomats and high-ranking public officials are regulated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to quarantine at home for 14 days. The new isolation plan also promotes medical isolation monitoring through the application of information technology. Each person entering will be given 1 phone sim or 1 smart bracelet with VHD or Bluezone installed. During the quarantine period, people entering the country are required to do facial or voice recognition 3 times a day at 3 certain time frames, make daily medical declarations and update if there are any unusual developments. The functional units at the border gate, the Steering Committees for Covid-19 prevention and control in localities with centralized isolation facilities, and the Departments of Health of the provinces and cities have closely coordinated throughout the process from reception. information about people on entry, entry process, transportation, quarantine. Since the beginning of 2020, Quang Ninh province has welcomed more than 200 flights to bring Vietnamese citizens and foreign experts to enter through Van Don International Airport. Smooth. Based on the comments of Quang Ninh province, the Ministry of Health will continue to finalize the plan of medical isolation for Covid-19 prevention and control for people on entry, pilot implementation for people on entry. At Van Don International Airport, it is expected that from July 1, experience will be drawn and replicated nationwide.

Thanh Nhan Hospital deploys AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine for medical staff. Accordingly, this number of vaccines is distributed by the Hanoi Department of Health to districts, towns. Districts, towns and cities have prepared to deploy the third phase of Covid-19 vaccination according to the plan of the Ministry of Health and the guidance of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology. It is expected that the vaccination against Covid-19 in this batch will end in July 2021. The Covid-19 vaccine in the 3rd and 4th waves will focus on giving the first dose to priority subjects in the spirit of Resolution 21/NQ-CP of the Government, that is, people working in medical facilities. health (medical staff working at domestic and non-public health facilities have not been vaccinated); participants in epidemic prevention and control; staff directly participating in service at concentrated isolation areas; members of the City’s Steering Committee for Epidemic Prevention and Control, the Health Sector Steering Committee for Epidemic Prevention and Control, the Steering Committees at all levels and branches; Community Covid-19 Team members have not been vaccinated… In addition, those who have received the 1st dose will be given the 2nd dose after being given the next round of vaccines (batches 5 and 6). Priority subjects received 1 dose of vaccine and the interval between 2 injections was at least 8 weeks. Tran Thi Nhi Ha, Director of the Hanoi Department of Health, said that Hanoi puts vaccination safety first. Districts, towns need to proactively arrange safe vaccination points and strengthen inspection and supervision of vaccination points, ensuring full compliance with the vaccination process as prescribed by the Ministry of Health. Previously, Hanoi deployed the first phase of Covid-19 vaccination for more than 8,400 people and the second phase for more than 53,000 people. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

The first type is the Bluezone smart bracelet, manufactured by a Vietnamese enterprise. Expected price is 6 USD / unit (about 138,000 VND). The bracelet uses Bluezone open source core, 30-day battery, and is used in cases where smartphones are not used like in factories, used for the elderly … to support monitoring, medical declaration… (Illustration) The second type is a GPS navigation bracelet to help manage in the isolation area, priced at 35 USD/piece (equivalent to 800,000 VND). This bracelet will identify the wearer’s location, have a warning to destroy or remove the bracelet; 30 days battery, can be charged repeatedly and reused. The bracelet has a warning sent to the quarantined person, the medical officer in charge when leaving the allowed range or violating the predetermined route. Before that, following the request of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control to complete the application to manage entry people from the time of entry, at the isolation area and to monitor their health after the end of the quarantine period. In the case of centralized isolation, the Ministry of Information and Communications (TT&TT) has proposed to apply a specialized bracelet to support the monitoring of people in centralized and post-isolation isolation developed by Vietnamese technology enterprises. According to the Ministry of Information and Communications, some countries have exported solutions to monitor quarantined subjects, but the use of available foreign solutions will lead to many limitations in mastering and customizing to suit the Vietnamese context. Male. The purchase of foreign solutions is also dependent on the production capacity of the partner, which can significantly affect the Covid-19 prevention and control plan. Meanwhile, Vietnamese enterprises now also have solutions (mastering technology and data stored in Vietnam) and sufficient production capacity, ready to deploy on a large scale in a short time. The tracking bracelet solution could open up a new direction of management for low-risk quarantined people. They will be fitted with a bracelet to monitor their self-isolation at home. This approach helps to reduce the risk of cross-infection in the isolation area, and at the same time eases the social burden, especially the team working in epidemic prevention and control.

The bus took mother and daughter, pregnant woman T, back to her hometown. This woman is patient 3,961 (named HTKT, 20 years old; from Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province), who was transferred to the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases 2 from May 17 when she was 35 weeks pregnant. . After a period of follow-up and treatment, on the morning of June 9, the pregnant woman with HTKT went into labor when the pregnancy turned 38. The hospital’s team successfully delivered the baby T, welcomed a baby girl born. healthy with a weight of 2.2kg. Currently, this woman has been treated for 14 days and has tested negative 3 times. In addition, the daughter of the F1 dependent mother has also been isolated for 7 days and has tested negative 3 times. Therefore, both mother and child are eligible for hospital discharge as prescribed. After returning to the locality, the mother and daughter will continue to isolate and monitor their health at home. Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung, nurse at the Pediatrics Department (National Hospital for Tropical Diseases) – who directly takes care of pregnant women, said: “Since the birth of mother T’s daughter, me and another colleague have been I was assigned to take care of the child. Thief, he was very obedient. In the last two days, he ate and slept during the day, but at night he was disturbed. Therefore, we had to take turns holding him. However, he ate. drink well and have stable health. To this day, I’m much stronger …”. To ensure the safety of mother and child, the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases arranged a bus and sent a nurse to take the mother and daughter back to her hometown. In addition to the above two cases, on June 15, there were 4 other patients being treated for Covid-19 at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases 2, who had 2 or more negative tests, were discharged and returned to their places of residence. stay at home and continue to isolate and monitor for 14 days. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

In this phase 3, Nano Covax vaccine will be tested in multi-centers at domestic facilities with the deployment of vaccination for 13,000 volunteers. Specifically, in the North, experimental injections were carried out at the Military Medical Academy (Hanoi) and in Hung Yen province; The southern area is carried out by the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, and is planned to be injected in 2 provinces: Long An and Tien Giang. In the immediate future, in phase 3, 1,000 registered volunteers will be tested, and then continue to recruit more. In this phase 3, there is also research and evaluation of the effect of the vaccine against the variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus found for the first time in India. By the end of September 2021, after the phase 3 trial is completed, depending on the test results and epidemic developments, the vaccine will be considered for approval for emergency use on a large scale in our country. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Thus, for the Covid-19 epidemic from the end of April until now, the total amount that EVN and its member units have contributed and supported for the affected provinces and cities, as well as supported the The health sector’s epidemic prevention and control activities are more than VND 408 billion. Currently, EVN and its units are trying to continue to perform well the “dual duty”, both to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic, and to ensure electricity supply for economic development. – society of the country. In addition, from the electricity bill period June to December 2021, EVN will exempt and reduce electricity bills for 2 groups of customers: tourist accommodation establishments and establishments used as isolation places, treating people suspected of being infected with Covid-19. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Using Bluezone helps detect close contact with suspected infected people, contributing to the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic. The Center is headed by Mr. Do Cong Anh, Deputy Director in charge of the Department of Informatization (Ministry of Information and Communications); leader of Information Technology Department (Ministry of Health) as Deputy Director; Mr. Tran Dac Phu, consultant of Vietnam Public Health Emergency Response Center is a member, in charge of professional advice. In addition, the Center has 6 other members from functional units of the Ministry of Information and Communications and information technology enterprises. In particular, the leader of Bkav Group is in charge of the overall design of shared platforms and databases… The Center has the task of acting as a focal point, coordinating with agencies, organizations and enterprises, participating in technical and technological support and cooperation to serve the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic; design, build, manage, operate, monitor, ensure safety and network security for technology platforms and systems for Covid-19 prevention and control. In particular, the Center will uniformly manage, centrally connect and distribute electronic health declaration data, domestic movement declaration data, people’s reflection data, quarantine point data and data on control of entry and exit of quarantine points between Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control technology systems… Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh inspects the disease prevention and control at Kim Garment Organ Co., Ltd in Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone (Ho Chi Minh City). This is the conclusion made after Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh had an inspection of Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control in Ho Chi Minh City and Military Region 7 from May 30 to January 1. 6-2021. The Standing Deputy Prime Minister also directed the Ministry of Health to develop a circular guiding, mechanism and open policy for localities and businesses to find sources to sign contracts to import and transfer technology to produce Covid-19 vaccines. -19. According to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in Ho Chi Minh City, as of June 5, the city has received commitments from many individuals, organizations and businesses to support the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines. with a total amount of nearly 2,100 billion VND. Meanwhile, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City has implemented the 3rd phase of Covid-19 vaccination from the vaccine distributed by the Ministry of Health. According to the plan, the organization of vaccination against Covid-19 1st and 2nd in the 3rd phase in Ho Chi Minh City will be completed on July 10; Complete vaccination before August 15 at the request of the Ministry of Health. Accordingly, the city continues to inject the second dose for those who have received the first injection if eligible. Continue to vaccinate people working at public and non-public health facilities in the city, hotels directly participating in isolation, and newly deployed isolation areas of the city. Ho Chi Minh City will complete the third phase of Covid-19 vaccination on July 10. In these cases, there were also a group of students from medical schools who volunteered to support the health sector in epidemic prevention and control; a group of people providing essential services, in which priority is given to the group of employees working at the airport (those who are in direct contact with flight crew, passengers, cargo, service staff, working in home shops). gas); group of people working at seaports (persons in direct contact with seafarers, cargo, ships); members of steering committees for disease prevention and control at all levels (cities, districts, districts, wards, communes, townships); group of patients with underlying medical conditions under inpatient treatment aged 65 years or younger (chronic kidney disease, diabetes…). According to the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City, it is expected that about 54,591 people will receive the second injection and 17,209 people will receive the first injection. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Remote medical examination and treatment system (Telehealth) of Viettel Military Industry – Telecommunications Group (Viettel) announced its contribution of 450 billion VND to the Covid-19 vaccine fund. Previously, Viettel’s officers and employees donated VND 19 billion to build a remote consultation center for the health sector. Mr. Le Dang Dung, Acting Chairman and General Director of Viettel said: “As a key enterprise of the country, Viettel is committed to both contributing technology solutions and taking the lead in financial contribution to the joint venture. Government to fight the epidemic”. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic in early 2020, with the strength of being a technology enterprise, Viettel has supported the Government with many important solutions, effectively supporting the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic. . Specifically, Viettel has built a remote medical examination and treatment system (Telehealth) to 1,300 medical facilities nationwide, deployed 700 bridge points at hospitals with Covid-19 cases. Building the portal and app “Vietnam Health”, Medical Declaration, Disease Map, Electronic Health Book, Covid-19 Vaccine Passport nationwide. In particular, in just two weeks, Viettel has installed and integrated nearly 4,000 surveillance cameras in isolation areas in the northern provinces. Viettel’s virtual switchboard (Cyber ​​Bot) has made more than 200,000 calls to subscribers who have not installed Bluezone to mobilize and provide instructions on how to use it to protect themselves and the community from the Covid-19 epidemic.

The hotline to support medical declaration 18001119 is completely free. On 4-6, after investigation and verification, the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Information and Communications said that the information about subscribers being deducted when listening to a call displaying the word “BCD Covid19” in Bac Ninh is complete. totally fabricated. In order to provide maximum support for Bac Ninh in the prevention and control of Covid 19, from the morning of May 29, the Ministry of Information and Communications has directed telecommunications businesses to use Callbot technology to call mobile subscribers in the province. Bac Ninh and Bac Giang have not installed Bluezone to mobilize and guide people to install and use this application to protect themselves and the community against the Covid-19 epidemic. In particular, under the direction of the Ministry of Information and Communications, these calls are completely free of charge when people answer the phone or call back. However, recently, in Bac Ninh province and on social networks, information sharing about the situation has been spread: the number of the switchboard impersonated based on the Covid-19 epidemic to cheat money withdrawals from customers’ and customers’ phones. people. Mobile phone subscribers are charged when receiving an incoming call displaying the words “BCD Covid19” or “BCD Covid-313158” or “18001119”. In order to have a basis for information and propaganda on the mass media to let the people know, as well as to serve well the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic in Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and other provinces and cities in the area. nationwide, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Information and Communications have investigated and verified. Accordingly, subscriber information that is deducted when listening to the phone is completely fabricated, people need to be alert when sharing, to avoid affecting the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic in Bac Ninh province. A facebook post corrected the previous false information. Source: Mic.gov.vn. In addition, the information that subscribers lost their charges when they heard from the Covid-19 switchboard spread on social networks has made people in Bac Ninh province bewildered, not daring to listen to the phone, greatly affecting the public sector. disease prevention and control as well as the security and order situation in Bac Ninh province. Therefore, the Department of Information and Communications of Bac Ninh province is also coordinating with relevant agencies to verify and track down the subjects who posted and shared articles about listening to calls losing money to handle according to regulations. provisions of the law. People installing and using Bluezone will help them receive timely warnings and support from health authorities when they come into contact with an infected case. When everyone participates, the Bluezone system will help to quickly trace, zoning, accurately isolate, and quickly prevent epidemics. At the same time, helping the community reduce the number of quarantined people, saving society’s resources.

Illustration. (Source: Viettel) Military Industry-Telecommunications Group (Viettel) announced that it has contributed 450 billion VND to the COVID-19 vaccine fund. Before that, Viettel’s staffs had donations 19 billion VND to build a teleconference center for the health sector. Mr. Le Dang Dung – Acting Chairman and General Director of Viettel said: “As a key enterprise of the country, Viettel is committed to both contributing technology solutions and taking the lead in contributing financially and determinedly. together with the Government to fight the epidemic.’ Since the outbreak began in early 2020, with its strength as a technology enterprise, Viettel has supported the Government with many important solutions, effectively supporting the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic. Specifically, Viettel has built a Telehealth telehealth system to 1,300 medical facilities nationwide, deployed 700 bridge points at hospitals with cases. Building Portal and app “Vietnam Health”, Medical Declaration, Disease Map, Electronic Health Book, COVID-19 Vaccine Passport nationwide. The number of medical declarations from February 2020 to present reached 25,197,428. Portal “Vietnam Health” has a website with 43 million visits, this application also reaches about 1.6 million downloads. Especially, in just two weeks, Viettel has installed and integrated nearly 4,000 surveillance cameras in isolated areas in the northern provinces. Viettel’s virtual switchboard (Cyber ​​Bot) has made more than 200,000 calls to subscribers who have not installed Bluezone to mobilize and provide instructions on how to use it to protect themselves and the community from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Last March, I flew to Hanoi for work. Before that, I made a medical declaration on the web, but forgot to take a photo. I thought the data would be on the Bluezone app because this app also has a declaration section. , when I went to the airport to open the app, I knew I had to make a medical declaration from the beginning, which took time,” shared Ngoc Mai, an office worker living in Ho Chi Minh City. “On the last election day, I still had to make a medical declaration when I went to the place. I don’t understand why they didn’t let me scan the QR code that I just declared a few days ago,” said Ngoc Phuong, living in Ba Dinh district, Hanoi. said. Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said that anti-epidemic applications currently use a unified data store. Photo: VGP. Share with Zing , a representative of the Department of Informatization, under the Ministry of Information and Communications affirmed that the database of applications is now interconnected, helping to increase the efficiency of the applications and reduce the cumbersome for people. Why does the application need data communication? Mr. Do Lap Hien, Deputy Director of the Center for E-Government, under the Department of Informatization, explained the inconvenience when applications use independent and unconnected data. “In the past, there were cases where people declared their health on the NCOVI app, then downloaded more Bluezone to protect themselves. When going to a quarantine point, opening the health declaration function on Bluezone, there is no previously declared data. This is really inconvenient. In the opposite direction, the trace group when accessing the information of the Bluezone app, the data in the app is just the phone’s code. They have to find the corresponding information in the NCOVI or VHD database to know who and where the close contact is. This process will reduce the tracking speed,” said Mr. Hien. Anti-epidemic applications all have medical declaration functions. Data warehouse interoperability ensures this functionality works across applications. Photo: Tuan Anh. During the National Online Conference on the situation and urgent solutions to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic on the morning of May 29, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said that the current anti-epidemic applications have used a unified data warehouse. . “Once synchronized, only one operation can access all information on the applications, more effective in fighting the epidemic,” Mr. Hien shared. Centrally connected IT applications, linked data. This is an important development step in the application of technology and data. Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung According to the representative of the Center, when updating to the latest version, the applications will use the linked data. This is to ensure that the people’s experience is seamless and unaffected. The latest version of Bluezone will be updated on the iOS and Android app stores this week. “For citizens and users, all changes must be ‘transparent’ to them. The application must not change anything about the user experience, only more convenient, “said Mr. Hien. App data will delete itself after a month Despite being propagated about anti-epidemic applications, many users said they encountered difficulties and inconveniences when using. For example, with the Bluezone application, having to constantly turn on the Bluetooth connection makes users worry about consuming the smartphone’s battery. “I installed Bluezone since last year, but sometimes it bothers me because there are too many notifications. Also, I don’t know if the app is effective because now I don’t see the number of people exposed to almost the same amount of time,” Anh Hoang said. , working in Hanoi shared. In addition, the information that people who do not install Bluezone may be fined is also confusing. Reply Zing , a representative of the Information Technology Department, Ministry of Health said that the fine or not will depend on local regulations. Bluezone application supports the process of tracing, close contact. Photo: VH. “The regulation clearly states that when going to a public place, it is mandatory to install the Bluezone application and turn on Bluetooth. If it is in a personal space, at home or in a place where there are not many people, it is not necessary. The sanction will depend on the risk or development of the epidemic in the locality. Thus, depending on the local situation, the sanction will be assigned to the People’s Committees of the provinces and cities for their own consideration and decision”, said Mr. Nguyen Truong Nam, Deputy Director of the Information Technology Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade. Health said. Personal data will be deleted after one month of storage so that people can rest assured to comply. Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung In addition, there are also concerns about the security of people’s personal information. Sharing about this issue, a representative of the Center for E-Government said that current data according to regulations will be deleted after 30 days. This number may change depending on the development of the disease and the requirements of the Ministry of Health. “Currently reserved data will be deleted after one month. When deleted, it will be completely deleted and cannot be retrieved, in order to ensure the privacy of users, “said Mr. Hien. Due to anti-epidemic requirements, many units and objects can access anti-epidemic data. However, depending on the scope and needs, these objects will have limited access. Not everyone can access the user’s data and information. In addition, according to the Minister of Information and Communications, wearable isolation monitoring devices will be deployed from June 1, immediately for workers in industrial parks. This bracelet is part of a seamless system, data will also be shared with other applications to ensure isolation. “Currently, the new bracelet solution is being tested at the request of the Ministry of Health. Regardless of the technology application, we will ensure that the data is attached to the application, which is part of the system.” representative of the Center for E-Government said.

Assoc. Prof, Dr. Tran Quy Tuong, Director of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Health, said that technology solutions are the optimal choice for the current epidemic prevention and control in quickly tracking F0, setting up F0. list F1, F2. Bac Giang and Bac Ninh are two hot epidemic centers when the epidemic enters the industrial zone. The number of cases is increasing day by day, there is no sign of cooling down, the ratio F1 to F0 is very large. The Ministry of Health has mobilized more than 2,000 health workers and is continuing to mobilize to support these two provinces. According to Mr. Tran Quy Tuong, for the current epidemic prevention and control, it is very important to quickly trace F0 and make a list of F1, F2 to control the spread of the disease. For areas with a small number of cases, medical staff and other forces can be traced. However, when the number of cases increases greatly, there will not be enough human resources to carry out direct contact tracing in the area. And at this time, the technology solution is the optimal choice. Regarding electronic tracing, we currently have two main data sources, which are from the Bluezone application and the Medical Declaration Management Information System. Bluezone allows to record close contacts between smart mobile phones that install and use Bluezone. The medical declaration management information system includes medical declaration information, travel schedules and travel history to places of people. In order to quickly track down, the Information Technology Department has supported Bac Giang and Bac Ninh to apply information technology in epidemic prevention and control. Mr. Tran Quy Tuong said that in Bac Ninh, the Department of Information and Communications advised the Provincial Steering Committee to set up an Information Analysis Team to analyze data sources, propose tracing, testing and assessment. assess the risk of spread, make timely recommendations in disease prevention and control. The messaging system was built to quickly and promptly deploy the instructions of the Provincial Steering Committee to members of the Community Covid Team. For workers, the Management Board of Industrial Parks has coordinated with the Department of Information and Communications to develop information management software for all workers in industrial parks, helping to manage, monitor and trace quickly when there are cases in industrial zones; and provide timely data for direction and administration. According to statistics from the Medical Declaration Management Information System, the total number of medical declarations in Bac Ninh up to June 1 was 1,059,179. In Bac Giang, in the face of complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic, on May 22, 2021, the Chairman of the People’s Committee of Bac Giang province issued a launching document and asked all people in the province to declare 2nd time to help authorities monitor and manage cases with epidemiological factors, and promptly detect people suspected of being infected with Covid-19. After three days, there were 456,080 medical declarations recorded in the system out of a total of 881,400 medical declarations of the whole province. On May 22, with the support of the Information Technology Department, the Ministry of Health, the province established an electronic monitoring and tracing team consisting of 15 members from the Department of Health, the Center for Disease Control of the province and the province. group. The members of the Team have been given accounts and trained to exploit data from the Medical Declaration Management Information System for monitoring and tracing. As of June 1, 2021, the Team has made 3,976 calls for people to declare health with symptoms or epidemiological factors, instruct people on measures to prevent and control the epidemic suitable for each person or transfer information for commune and district levels to verify and handle directly. Especially based on the system’s information, the Team has detected 66 F1 cases currently isolated at home and has transferred the information to the district level for management according to regulations. On May 29, 2021, the Ministry of Health issued Decision No. 2666/QD-BYT on the issuance of Guidelines for the use of medical declaration and close contact detection applications for the prevention and control of the covid epidemic. -19, one of the important purposes of this decision is to support the implementation of electronic medical declarations to help manage, monitor health and detect cases early for effective disease prevention and control. Covid-19. If people and agencies and units strictly follow the instructions of the Ministry of Health, when there is a case of F0, the tracking and listing of F1, F2 will be very quick and timely. As of May 31, Bac Ninh province 578,143 people install and use Bluezone application on smartphones, accounting for 42.24% of the province’s population, ranking 2nd among 63 provinces and cities nationwide; The province has 10,519 establishments that make up QR codes from the health declaration system for people to check in with the Bluezone application. Through checking the checkin data at the office, quarantine checkpoints, industrial parks, accommodation facilities, the number of check-ins is quite large. As of May 31, 2021, Bac Giang province There are 480,306 people installing and using Bluezone application on smartphones, accounting for 26.63% of the province’s population, ranking 9th out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide.

People quickly installed the Bluezone application to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic. Bluezone application has the effect of saving contact history between users of this application. Bluezone’s mechanism of action helps to find out exactly F1 from F0, F2 from F1. This is one of the effective, low-cost measures to help prevent and control the Covid-19 pandemic. To continue to support the authorities, the Department of Information and Communications is promoting propaganda, advocacy and guiding people to install Bluezone application on mobile devices at the request of the Board of Directors. Provincial Director of Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control. The Department of Information and Communications has also just sent a written request to the Department of Telecommunications to make daily statistics and provide the province with details to the commune level on the situation of mobile subscribers installing the Bluezone application. Thereby, the locality grasped and took measures to propagate and mobilize people to do this well. News, photo: Minh Huong

Students remove their belongings from the dormitory to requisition as a concentrated isolation area. On May 31, the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City sent a document to the National University of Ho Chi Minh City and universities and colleges in the area, requesting support and approval for the requisition of facilities. dormitories of schools to serve as concentrated isolation areas. 7 dormitories include: National University dormitory, Ho Chi Minh City National University planning area; dormitory of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, No. 3518 Lac Long Quan, District 11; dormitory of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education, No. 484 Le Van Viet, Tang Nhon Phu A ward, Thu Duc city; dormitory of Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry, Quarter 6, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc City; dormitory of the Institute of Post and Telecommunications Technology, No. 97 Man Thien, Hiep Phu Ward, Thu Duc City; dormitory of Ho Chi Minh City College of Industry and Trade, No. 20 Tang Nhon Phu, Phuoc Long B Ward, Thu Duc City and dormitory of Thu Duc College of Technology, No. 53 Vo Van Ngan, Linh Chieu Ward Thu Duc city. Previously, the Dormitory Management Center of the National University of Ho Chi Minh City issued a notice, asking all boarding students to leave the dormitory before 5:00 p.m. on June 1, 2021 to requisition into a new dormitory. centralized isolation. According to the Dormitory Management Center of Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, there are nearly 35,700 students from many boarding universities here. However, recently, due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, schools held online teaching, so many students returned home according to the dormitory’s recommendation. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Always wear a mask, open the Bluezone app, declare health when going to public places. Accordingly, for technologies that are promoting effective epidemic prevention and control, it is necessary to change and switch from voluntary encouragement to compulsory installation of some basic applications. THREE “Attack” against COVID-19 Currently, there are three “attacks” to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic: Increasing testing on a large scale, implementing a vaccine strategy and applying technology for tracing. In particular, the use of technology chaired by the Ministry of Information and Communications is promoting effectively. Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung said that the new approach from the Prime Minister’s point of view is a harmonious combination between prevention and attack. Previously, medical declaration applications for epidemic prevention and control, and support for tracing only recommended people to use, but now will become mandatory. Second, anti-epidemic data sources must be centralized in one processing hub. Previously, because people declared through different applications, the data was scattered. Now the data must be centralized so that advanced and modern technology can be applied to perform the analysis to produce the required results. Mr. Nguyen Truong Nam, Deputy Director of the Information Technology Department (Ministry of Health), said that for the health declaration for the entire population, people can declare through 3 applications: NCOVI, Bluezone and Vietnam Health Declaration. Specifically, Vietnam Health Declaration is a software of the Military Telecommunications Industry Corporation (Viettel), so the declared data is stored at Viettel. Data declared by people on Bluezone (of Bkav Technology Group) and NCOVI (of Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group – VNPT) are stored centrally at the Department of Informatization (Ministry of Information and Communications). After being collected, the medical declaration data will be collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in provinces, agencies and units according to their competence. This data is used for control, analysis and case tracing. Meanwhile, many units still use paper declaration and electronic declaration in parallel. Faced with the fact that medical declaration data is still scattered, the Information Technology Department (Ministry of Health) is working with units to promote data interoperability and build a centralized medical declaration database. central, connected. INSTALLATION AND USE OF THE APP WILL BE REQUIRED According to experience from previous infections, the next epidemic is more difficult, complicated, unpredictable than the previous one, the consequences are more severe, the treatment is more difficult, and the impact is worse. At the Government Standing Meeting on Covid-19 epidemic prevention a few days ago, the Prime Minister noted: currently the number of new infections and deaths on the world epidemic map continues to increase; illegal entry and residence tend to be more in recent times; appeared subjective, negligent and unwary thoughts of many localities, agencies, units and people; centralized isolation management, after isolation (when returning to the locality) is still inadequate; The new strain of the SARS-Cov-2 virus spreads quickly, is difficult to detect, and has complicated developments. It is predicted that the epidemic situation will continue to be complicated, it will be long, it is not possible to confirm the time when the epidemic will end. Therefore, we must be ready to deal with the epidemic at the highest level, and we must live safely while the epidemic is still around us. Following the direction of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Information and Communications has issued the document “Guide to use the set of solutions to support Covid-19 prevention, control and tracing in the community”. This set of solutions includes Bluezone (a close contact warning application for suspected Covid-19 patients), NCOVI (voluntary health declaration management system), medical declaration for people on entry, and a system to record people coming and going to public places (via QR code scanning) and Covid-19 safe anti-epidemic map system. Currently, there are 9 provinces and cities nationwide that have implemented Covid-19 epidemiological information mapping software (called CovidMaps). The CovidMaps map allows real-time monitoring of the epidemic situation in Da Nang, Bac Giang, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh, Quang Nam, Gia Lai, Phu Yen and Lang Son. The Covid-19 epidemiological information map (CovidMaps) helps the community to visually monitor epidemiological information of local cases via the Internet, the government has more digital technology solutions to serve management and control. practice in epidemic prevention and control. According to the information in the document “Guidelines for using a set of solutions to support Covid-19 prevention, control and tracing in the community,” if 60% of adults install the Bluezone application on their phones, the reported data about cases of close contact, contact with people with Covid-19 will reach an almost absolute level of accuracy. Therefore, in order to promote effectiveness in epidemic prevention and control, it is necessary to join hands to use and voluntarily declare accurately information of the people and the community. Many people think that installing and using the application will become a mandatory requirement, like wearing a mask. For industrial parks and factories, the Ministry of Information and Communications has proposed that people working in industrial parks, factories and enterprises must install the Bluezone application and the NCOVI medical declaration application. .
At public places, offices need to scan QR Codes to be able to collect digital data on the system to record arrivals or departures at public places. In addition, any citizen when going to crowded places needs to install the Bluezone application, to be able to detect close contact with infected people (data already stored on the system). The Government Office issued Official Letter No. 3440/VPCP-KGVX to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Information and Communications with the content considering the proposal of the Ministry of Information and Communications on the implementation of a number of information technology applications and Connecting surveillance cameras to support the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic. Persons subject to medical supervision and isolation must declare mandatory information on the application. This mandatory also requires the awareness of the community not only to install the application on the mobile device, but to enable the connection for the application to work. Moreover, using Bluezone and turning on Bluetooth when going to public places, when exposed to large numbers of people, will help people protect themselves and the community, and at the same time help in zoning out the epidemic and tracing it quickly. . When a Covid-19 patient is detected, only those at high risk are quarantined instead of isolating everyone involved. The Ministry of Information and Communications has just sent an official dispatch to the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities and the Departments of Information and Communications of the provinces and cities about the implementation of the surveillance camera system at the agencies. centralized isolation facility to prevent Covid-19.

Park 11 building, Times City urban area is only blocked on the 15th floor. Specifically, setting up a medical isolation area on the 15th floor of Park 11, Park Hill subdivision of Times City urban area from 23:30 on May 23, 2021 to the end of 23:30 on June 6, 2021 (14 days); There is no longer a temporary blockade of the entire Park 11 building as before. The District People’s Committee assigned the People’s Committee of Mai Dong ward to develop a specific isolation plan, organize the implementation of medical isolation, treat medical waste, and ensure safety in accordance with current regulations. Implementing Decision No. 5055/QD-UBND of Hoang Mai District People’s Committee, Mai Dong Ward People’s Committee also issued Notice No. 274/UBND-TB on this content; At the same time, it is requested that the Ward Police, Ward Medical Station, Times City Urban Area Management Board, relevant stakeholders and residents on the 15th floor of Park 11 building seriously implement the decision of the District People’s Committee to ensure public safety. epidemic prevention and control. Previously, on the 15th floor of Park 11 building, 2 people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you under 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

These are individuals participating in groups, groups and units, including: Special Working Group of the Ministry of Health; working groups to support Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control from universities: Hanoi Medicine, Public Health, Hai Duong Medical Technology; Pasteur Institute Nha Trang, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Bach Mai Hospital, Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Thai Nguyen Central Hospital. Notably, there are more than 300 students who are the pioneers involved in sampling, tracing and testing. During the Covid-19 epidemic that broke out in our country from the end of April 2021, many units, provinces and cities have sent officials, experts, nurses, doctors, technicians and medical staff.. support epidemic prevention and control in hot spots, including Bac Ninh and Bac Giang. The commendation of the Ministry of Health is a timely recognition of contributions, in order to encourage morale, arouse the enthusiasm of the medical force on the front lines, improve determination, action, efforts, and strength. Moreover, together with the whole country to soon fight the epidemic. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

From the beginning of the fourth epidemic until now, the Department of Science, Technology and Training (Ministry of Health) has also directed health human resource training institutions nationwide to prepare and be ready to mobilize staff and lecturers. , students and students volunteered to participate in the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic. On May 27, the Ministry of Health mobilized staff, lecturers, trainees and students to volunteer to support the provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh with the number of volunteers supporting 375 people. In which, Hanoi Medical University has 120 people, Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy has 104 people, Vietnam Academy of Traditional Medicine has 36 people, Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy has 65 people, University Nursing Nam Dinh has 50 people. The delegations were present in Bac Giang province today. Particularly, the delegation of Nam Dinh University of Nursing will be present tomorrow (May 28). Currently, 1,976 officials and students from 15 universities and colleges of medicine and pharmacy are participating in epidemic prevention and control activities in 13 provinces and cities: Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City. Minh, Hai Phong, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh, Can Tho, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Binh Dinh, Thua Thien – Hue, Dien Bien, K Hospital and assist the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health) in implementing Currently monitoring, evaluating and reporting epidemic developments by provinces. As of 12 p.m. on May 27, 34 training institutions have informed the Department of Science, Technology and Training (Ministry of Health) the number of officials, lecturers, students and students who are willing to participate in supporting the department. , against the Covid-19 epidemic when mobilized was 23,888 people. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Accordingly, in the face of increasingly complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic in the city, the Department of Informatization recommends agencies and units under the Ministry of Information and Communications to use technological solutions for medical declaration. Manage people entering and exiting the office. Specifically, in addition to officials, civil servants, public employees, and employees in the agency, all guests coming to contact work are required to install and turn on the application to install the Bluezone proximity detection application before go to work. This rule only excludes those who do not use smartphones. Bluezone application is the most effective tool to trace people suspected of being infected with Covid-19. Photo: Trong Dat At the entrance of offices and units under the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Department of Informatization recommends that you paste a QR Code to install the Bluezone application at a recognizable location to support users. Guests who come to work at agencies and headquarters of the Ministry of Information and Communications also need to make an electronic medical declaration. The declaration will be made on 1 of 3 applications Bluezone, NCOVI, Vietnam Health Declaration or on website tokhaiyte.vn. The paper medical declaration will only be applied to those who do not have a smartphone. In addition, agencies and units in the Ministry of Information and Communications have also been advised to manage people entering and leaving the office by scanning QR codes. To do this, units need to register for a “quarantine point” and get their QR code at website tokhaiyte.vn. This QR code will be printed and pasted at a recognizable location at the entrance of each agency or unit. Scanning QR codes is a measure to save users’ epidemiological milestones. Guests coming to contact business will be forced to scan a QR code for quarantine using one of the 3 applications Bluezone, NCOVI, Vietnam Health Declaration. In the event that after scanning the quarantine QR code, the application says that the user has not made a medical declaration or the declaration has expired, they will be forced to make a medical declaration and re-scan the code. At the entrance to the offices, the Department of Informatization also recommends arranging a department to check and monitor the scanning of quarantine QR codes of employees and visitors to contact for work. Using the Bluezone tracing app, electronic medical declarations and scanning QR codes for quarantine are just 3 of the 5 anti-epidemic solutions with technology proposed by the Ministry of Information and Communications to localities. Previously, sharing at the current news at 19:00 on May 26 of Vietnam Television, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung said that renewing the approach to technology in Covid-19 prevention and control is a combination balance between “defence” and “attack”. In terms of technology, “attack” is the mandatory use of some key applications to prevent Covid-19, instead of just recommending as before. If before, data was distributed by application, now data must be managed centrally. Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung. The Ministry of Information and Communications has proposed mandatory use of Bluezone application. Workers in industrial parks, factories and enterprises are required to make medical declarations. People using smartphones are required to use an application to identify close contact when going to a public place, where there are many people. Public places and offices must control people coming, going, leaving and entering by scanning QR codes. The fourth measure is to use technology to support the monitoring of people in medical isolation. According to Deputy Minister Nguyen Huy Dung, turning on Bluetooth and using the Bluezone application when going to public places will help users protect themselves, protect the community, assist in zoning out the epidemic, and quickly trace. When that happens, it will also help isolate high-risk people, rather than everyone. For agencies and organizations, effective disease prevention will help agencies, organizations, factories and enterprises maintain normal production and business activities. Trong Dat

Hanoi is the locality with the most people downloading the anti-epidemic application Bluezone Out of 33 million people using Bluezone, more than 20.58 million people have entered their phone number in the information on the application. The number of people providing phone numbers to the authorities has increased by nearly 1 million people compared to April 28, 2021. The two localities leading the country in the number of people downloading the Bluezone application are Hanoi (3.1 million people) and Ho Chi Minh City (2.83 million people). In the opposite direction, provinces like Dien Bien (70,500 people), Tuyen Quang (121,000 people), Yen Bai (130,000 people), … are the localities with the lowest number of people downloading Bluezone. Considering the percentage of population, Da Nang (43.7%), Hai Duong (40%), Hanoi (38.6%), Quang Ninh (37%), Bac Ninh (34%) are localities has the most number of Bluezoners. However, there is a fact that the number of people who download and actually use the Bluezone application is still a significant difference. In Hanoi, where the most people download Bluezone, the number of Bluezone accounts actually active is only 1.23 million, accounting for 40% of the total number of accounts. Meanwhile, in Ho Chi Minh City, the number of real Bluezone users (turn on Bluetooth for Bluezone to work) is about 1.1 million people, accounting for 38% of the total number of accounts. The same thing happened in Da Nang (40%), Hai Duong (38%), Quang Ninh (38%), Bac Ninh (39%), Hai Phong (38%), Thai Nguyen (38%) when not Which province or city has the number of people actually using Bluezone exceeding 50% of the population. Currently, Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Vinh Phuc, Da Nang,… all have documents to encourage people to apply technological solutions such as electronic medical declaration and install Bluezone application to prevent , anti-epidemic. The Bluezone application is currently one of the five recommended technology solutions to prevent the spread of Covid-19. This is a low energy Bluetooth technology application solution. Smartphones with Bluezone installed can communicate with each other, recording close contact. The exposure history data will only be saved on the user’s mobile device. When there is a new infection and that person’s mobile phone has Bluezone installed, the contact history will be used to alert those who also have Bluezone installed and have been in close contact with the case. Bluezone can also help alert F2 people (close contact with F1). Bluezone warns if the user has been in close contact with someone infected with Covid-19, helping to reduce the risk of spreading in the community, helping people return to normal life.

Specifically, this map provides epidemiological information, such as: living areas and contact places of patients infected with Covid-19 in 14 days, concentrated isolation points, medical isolation areas and checkpoints. disease control …, help people not move to hot spots, avoid infection. When people have a need to find places where Covid-19 patients have been with the exact time, the system will look up the patient’s epidemiological information. With concentrated isolation points, the warning section will show the time of application, the maximum number of receptions, the number of people in quarantine and the number of people that can receive more. To use this digital map, users only need to access the address https://covidmaps.langson.gov.vn . Digital map of Lang Son province So far, the country has had 9 localities deploying Covid-19 epidemiological information mapping software, including: Da Nang, Bac Giang, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh, Quang Nam, Gia Lai, and Phu Yen. and Lang Son. Also on May 24, the Military Telecommunications Industry Group (Viettel) completed the installation and integrated connection of 3,000 surveillance cameras in isolated areas in the northern provinces. All image data from the camera is integrated into a centralized management system at the Monitoring Operations Center. The epidemic prevention and control agencies can monitor all activities in isolation areas from the 24-hour management system, minimizing developments that may aggravate the epidemic situation. Before that, right after the Covid-19 epidemic just appeared, Vietnamese technology enterprises were tasked with building software for epidemic prevention and control such as Bluezone, tokhaiyte.vn, NCOVI… In fact, these applications have been applied quite effectively in many localities in the quick tracking of cases. Experience from abroad also proves that the applications contribute effectively in zoning, isolating and stamping out the epidemic. For example, when Covid-19 began to spread in Wuhan (China), this locality applied the Beidou satellite navigation system to monitor freight transport, traffic flow, zoning, and distances. separate people in the city and with neighboring provinces. In particular, China has a system of facial recognition cameras placed everywhere. This system combined with big data, machine learning can analyze the travel schedule, body temperature, number of people in contact, thereby easily partitioning and isolating F1, F2, F3 as soon as F0 is detected.

Covid-19 epidemiological information mapping software Lang Son. Regarding the Covid-19 prevention support effect of the CovidMaps map, the map provides Covid-19 epidemiological information to help people not to move to hot spots, avoid infection. People can see centralized isolation points, medical isolation areas and local disease control checkpoints displayed on the map in real time. The CovidMaps map also informs the living area and contact location of Covid-19 patients within 14 days. This helps people easily identify the route of people infected with Covid-19 and concentrated isolation points to not move to. According to reviews, the information displayed on the map is quite intuitive and detailed. With concentrated isolation points, the warning section will show the time of application, the maximum number of receptions, the number of people in quarantine and the number that can be received more. When people have a need to find the places where the Covid-19 patient has been with the exact time, the system will look up the patient’s epidemiological information by number. In addition, the digital map also displays a list of patients by number or initials along with basic personal information such as year of birth, gender, health status and where they are being treated. The digital map is displayed very specifically, on the screen there are annotations for each icon such as the isolation area, the patient’s home area, the epidemic control checkpoint… for people to easily grasp, do not move to. Yesterday (May 24), the People’s Committee of Lang Son province launched the Covid-19 epidemiological information mapping software (CovidMaps) in Lang Son province. To use this digital map, users need to access the address https://covidmaps.langson.gov.vn. Lang Son is the 9th province in the country to provide the Covid-19 epidemiological map tool. Epidemiological information on the CovidMaps map provided by the Lang Son Health Department in real time, the Lang Son Department of Information and Communications is constantly updated, ensuring information is provided to the community and people quickly and timely. time; In addition, people can send feedback and suggestions through the application, the system… Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other users who have installed Bluezone. If Bluetooth is not already on, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

On May 25, the Center for Disease Control of Ho Chi Minh City informed about current regulations for people leaving the country who want to be tested for Covid-19 services. Accordingly, testers must register in advance on the Covid-19 service testing software on the website hcdc.vn or contact the hotline: 0869.559.453 – 0908.355.357 for instructions. Regarding the dossier, the person testing the Covid-19 service to exit needs to bring his passport and air ticket (for exiting by air); Passport, letter of guarantee or invitation from the guest to enter and the company’s letter of introduction (if any) when exiting by land. For exiting by water, an additional crew book is required. When going to a medical facility, the person testing must make a medical declaration and wear an N95 mask (bring it by yourself). Sampling time: Between 8am – 11am from Monday to Friday at 957 3/2 Street, Ward 7, District 11. Results will be returned between 8:00am – 10:00am the next day from Monday to Saturday at campus 125/61 Au Duong Lan, Ward 3, District 8. Regarding testing costs, testers pay (directly or by bank transfer) an amount of VND 734,000/test. If you want to get test results on the same day of sampling, pay an additional fee of 116,000 VND for quick test, get results from 5 pm to 6 pm on the same day at 125/61 Au Duong Lan facility, Ward 3, District 8. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other users who have installed Bluezone. If Bluetooth is not already on, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the city Nguyen Sy Truong received support from the units. In which, officers and soldiers of the Hanoi Capital Command donated VND 100 million; The Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the City Council donated more than 22 million VND; City People’s Committee Office donated more than 98 million VND, CONINCO Company donated more than 100 million VND. Speaking at the reception, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the city Nguyen Sy Truong thanked the contributions of agencies and units and affirmed that all funding sources will be used. It will be used for the right purposes, especially with the city’s resources to buy Covid-19 vaccines for the people of the Capital. He also wished to continue to receive the attention and support of agencies and units, thereby, having more resources to soon control the epidemic. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not already on, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Officers and soldiers of the 47th Armored Battalion clean up at the isolation area of ​​the Hanoi High-Tech Vocational College. Following the direction of the Hanoi Capital Command on being ready to receive citizens for isolation at Hanoi High-Tech Vocational College, the Military Command of Nam Tu Liem District advised the Nam Tu District Party Committee Liem restarts the Steering Committee for epidemic prevention and control at Hanoi High-Tech Vocational College. On May 9, Nam Tu Liem District Party Committee Secretary Tran Duc Hoat directly checked the actual situation at the school and decided to mobilize 80 police officers and soldiers, the District Military Command and the Medical Center in Hanoi. The county health department participated in this quarantine service mission. In particular, the force on duty in the inner circle, including: 9 militiamen, 3 officers and soldiers of the Military Command of the district and 4 medical staff were selected by the Steering Committee in the spirit of volunteering and exemplary form. The cleaning, disinfecting and readying of facilities at Hanoi High-Tech College will be completed this morning. “With the experience from the previous quarantine services and with a dedicated working spirit, the service force at the isolation area of ​​Hanoi High-Tech Vocational College will be determined to complete the job in the best way. assigned,” Colonel Trinh Van Hao, Politician of the Military Command of Nam Tu Liem District affirmed. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Students of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City have their temperature taken before entering class. Photo: Pham Huu At noon on May 10, Ho Chi Minh City’s Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control had an unexpected meeting with departments, branches, Thu Duc city and districts on epidemic prevention and control in the province. city ​​table. Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, Head of the City Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control Nguyen Thanh Phong chaired the meeting. Reported at the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Tan Binh, Director of Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health, said that recently, the city has appeared a risk factor for the spread of Covid-19 from 41 isolation areas in the hotel. 350 isolation areas of the army and 24 isolation areas in districts. The second risk is that Ho Chi Minh City hospitals are the last lines with a large concentration of patients from provinces and cities. The third is the risk from illegal entry, which the city’s health sector has recorded a number of cases of Covid-19. The fourth is the case of returning home after the last holiday, especially returning from places where there are cases of infection. Mr. Nguyen Tan Binh said that the city’s health sector has reactivated all sets of safety criteria to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic in all fields. The city is ready to test 5,000 samples/day, which can be increased to 30,000 – 40,000 samples/day at the request of the Ministry of Health. As for the capacity to treat patients with Covid-19, the city has a plan to treat 50-100 cases at the same time and can increase it to over 200 cases. The city’s Department of Health has planned to treat more than 5,000 cases at the same time. Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said that in the face of the indicated risks, the city must activate the Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control system at the highest level. “The city has Tan Son Nhat international airport, 60 large and small seaports, many last-line hospitals, so it has to activate a highly concentrated epidemic prevention and control system in these places,” said Comrade Nguyen Thanh Phong. strong. Comrade Nguyen Thanh Phong requested, in addition to drastic and strict measures, it is necessary to add measures to prevent and control the epidemic in places and areas with high risk of infection. Specifically, for airways, pay attention to security control and on-board aircraft; for roads, re-establishing checkpoints to collect medical declarations, all people coming from localities with infection chains are required to make medical declarations; For waterways, the city’s border guards must consider epidemic prevention and control as the top task at this time. Industrial parks and production facilities must have a response plan when one or more Covid-19 cases appear. The head of the city government also requested, agencies and units to strengthen online meetings; exchange between state agencies with each other through electronic mailboxes; interaction between the government and the people through the online public service portal. “The city must be ready to respond in case the epidemic spreads in the community. The city will deploy more concentrated medical isolation areas, soon to raise over 10,000 isolation beds and be ready to treat 200 cases at the same time”, Head of the City Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control Nguyen Thanh Phong requested. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Besides, Bluezone also added many useful features related to epidemic prevention and health such as: QR code scanning, medical declaration, domestic movement declaration… In addition, Bluezone also regularly updates information. about the epidemic and the notes for everyone to monitor and prevent Facing the complicated epidemic situation, Bkav has set a goal of all people installing and using Bluezone. According to Bkav, the effectiveness of Bluezone is proportional to the number of people who install and use it. The more Bluezone enters the epidemic, the more effective it is, in the epidemic center more effective than in other areas, due to the increased awareness of installation and use of people in the epidemic area. User successfully installs Bluezone application on smartphone. Photo: HOANG GIANG Bluezone application is promoted to propagate and deploy during the second outbreak of COVID-19 in Vietnam from July 25, 2020. In Hai Duong, with a 27% installation rate since August 16, 1,035 F1 and F2 have been identified. The second outbreak in Hai Duong broke out from January 27, 2021, on February 24, with the installation rate reaching 43%, the system traced 1993 cases of F1, F2. Of which, 17 positive cases were traced outside the traditional epidemiological investigation list. In addition, Bkav also recommends that checking in QR Code in public places is mandatory during an outbreak. The public check-in method helps to quickly track down outbreaks such as restaurants and markets. Regularly checking in QR Code on Bluezone also helps the application operate in priority mode to increase the efficiency of contact recording.

Driving test training. Also on May 10, in order to prevent, control and limit the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic in the community, the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam issued a written request to suspend the organization of driving tests at some centers. in Hanoi. Specifically, the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam proposed that the Vocational Training and Driver Training Center under the People’s Security Academy, the Vocational Training, Training and Driving Test Center under the People’s Police Academy, the Center for Vocational Training, and Driving Test. Vocational training and driver training under the International Academy, the Vocational Training and Driver Training Center of the People’s Police College 1, the Driving Test Center of Ngoc Ha Intermediate School strictly implement the following measures: measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic, strengthen the organization of online training courses in car driving theory subjects. The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam requested the aforementioned centers to coordinate with the Department of Vehicle and Driver Management of the General Department to arrange a plan for compensating tests as soon as conditions permit. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

It is necessary to quickly complete the connection of surveillance cameras at concentrated isolation facilities. Illustration Following the direction of the Head of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control on the monitoring of concentrated isolation facilities with a camera system, on May 6, 2021, the Ministry of Information and Communications has issued Official Letter No. 1407/BTTTT-CVT to the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities on coordinating and directing the implementation of Official Dispatch No. 597/CD-BCD related to the surveillance camera system at isolation facilities. centrally managed by the People’s Committee of the province. At the same time, the Ministry of Information and Communications issued Official Letter No. 1410/BTTTT-CVT dated May 6, 2021, directing the Departments of Information and Communications of the provinces and cities to coordinate with the Departments of Health and businesses approved appointed to survey and assess the current status of the camera system at concentrated isolation facilities, agree on the connection options with the centralized surveillance camera system. However, during the implementation process, the Department of Information and Communications and the units encountered difficulties in surveying because the isolation facility did not cooperate, affecting the work progress. In order to quickly complete the connection of the surveillance camera system at concentrated isolation facilities, the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control proposed that the Steering Committees for Covid-19 Prevention and Control in provinces and cities The city directs the concentrated isolation facilities managed by the provincial People’s Committees in the area to coordinate and create conditions for the Department of Information and Communications and related units to conduct surveys and assess the current status of the surveillance camera system. monitoring in isolation facilities and connecting to a centralized monitoring system. The Department of Health guides and ensures measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic for units that come to survey and work at concentrated isolation facilities. The concentrated isolation facility ensures the conditions for the units to come to survey and implement epidemic prevention and control measures for the survey units according to the regulations on epidemic prevention and control and the guidance of the Department of Health. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

As of 7am on May 11, related to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases 2, there were 89 Covid-19 cases, of which 78 were at the hospital, 23 were Hanoians and 55 were at other hospitals. other province. Previously, as the new Han Newspaper reported, on the afternoon of May 9, the Ministry of Health announced the results of gene sequencing of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology on 8 samples of patients with Covid-19 in 3 provinces and cities. streets: Hanoi, Hung Yen and Thai Binh. As a result, all 8 samples belong to the Indian variant B1,617.2. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said that since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak worldwide, Vietnam has been one of the countries with high risk of infection and early cases. Thanks to the consistent implementation of epidemic prevention and control measures throughout the political system and the entire people, and the support and cooperation of the international community, up to now, Vietnam is still one of the best countries in the world to fight the epidemic. ranked 214/220 countries with the number of infections, very low. That shows that Vietnam’s strategies so far are completely correct. For example, Vietnam has set a goal of being ready for treatment but also determined to not let many infections happen, avoiding extremely serious consequences. The whole political system and the whole people joined the fight against the epidemic. Vietnam has well performed the “dual task”, both against the epidemic and socio-economic development, the loss is the least compared to the risk. Vietnam’s position has increased thanks to its success in fighting the epidemic. According to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, in epidemic prevention and control, our country should zone as quickly and neatly as possible when detecting cases, if not yet qualified for identification, it can be wider, but by all means quickly. narrow the zoning; make adjustments in accordance with the situation and capacity of the locality and unit. “We always seriously consider what is not good in epidemic prevention and control to adjust. The Prime Minister, seeing that the epidemic prevention and control discipline is not strict, quickly corrected and reminded”, Deputy Prime Minister said. Regarding the development of a vaccine against Covid-19, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said that from the early days of the fight against this pandemic, Vietnam has set a goal of focusing all its efforts on research to produce vaccines. in the country and when the world successfully developed a vaccine, we have tried all ways to negotiate to have the vaccine as soon as possible, injecting the most people. However, due to the scarcity of vaccines, so far, our country has only imported a limited number. The Ministry of Health is very active to get more vaccines, but there will be a larger supply until the end of the year, but it is not enough to create herd immunity, so the whole country still needs to take preventive measures. disease as there is no vaccine. “The Government has assigned localities to prevent and control the epidemic in the spirit of “4 on the spot”, take necessary measures: Actively prepare forces, supplies and equipment for their localities according to the global epidemic scenarios. Based on professional analysis, there are safe anti-epidemic measures and good implementation of “dual goals”, requiring localities to discuss with neighboring provinces when implementing isolation and social distancing. “, the Deputy Prime Minister added. In order to actively prevent and control the epidemic effectively, the Government calls on all people to be aware of their responsibilities to themselves, to their relatives and to the country, and to strictly implement epidemic prevention and control measures; Participate in detecting cases of illegal entry… Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: Reuters At a press conference on the same day, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus affirmed that global inequality in access to vaccines remains one of the biggest risks to efforts to end the pandemic. According to WHO data, high- and middle-income countries that account for 53% of the world’s total population have received 83% of global vaccines. In contrast, low- and middle-income countries that account for 47 percent of the world’s population received only 17 percent of vaccines. Therefore, the head of the global health agency believes that cooperation is the only choice for the world to achieve the above goal. “We cannot defeat this pandemic through competition. If competition for resources or geopolitical advantage, the virus will prevail,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Previously, on May 7, WHO approved the BBIBP-CorV Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinopharm pharmaceutical company for use in emergencies. China has decided to provide 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to WHO’s COVAX global vaccine access mechanism, to meet the needs of developing countries. This move will help alleviate vaccine shortages globally, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Currently, there are about 9,000 accommodation establishments that have registered for Covid-19 safety criteria. Previously, in November 2020, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued Official Letter No. 4159/BVHTTDL-TCDL to the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, which contained mandatory requirements for establishments. Tourist accommodation in the area registered and self-assessed for Covid-19 safety to ensure safety for epidemic prevention and control. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism also said that, together with accommodation units, local travel agencies strictly implement the request not to organize tours to and receive guests from epidemic areas as recommended by the agency. authorities and ensure the prevention and control of epidemics for employees. In order to strengthen the inspection, ensure safety for epidemic prevention and control in tourism activities, recently, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism had a working session with units on guiding and supervising the practice of tourism. Now register and self-assess Covid-19 safety. Facing the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic when there were consecutive occurrences of community infections in a number of provinces and cities, the Ministry asked the National Administration of Tourism to continue to urge, guide and supervise localities. , tourist accommodation establishments carry out registration and self-assessment of Covid-19 safety. At the same time, make statistics on the system of establishments that are operating and temporarily suspending operations for appropriate instructions and reminders. According to Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy, the implementation of registration and self-assessment of Covid-19 safety will have to be carried out for a long time, even after the epidemic has been controlled to serve work. manage and develop tourism in the near future. Therefore, VNAT continues to upgrade the assessment system to perform regularly and continuously, ensuring to understand tourism activities in localities, connecting with the national Covid-19 safety system and promote propaganda to people and tourists to use the application “Safe Vietnam tourism” to participate in monitoring and evaluating Covid-19 safety at tourist accommodation establishments. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

The number of people downloading and using Bluezone has increased sharply recently, since the new wave of the Covid-19 epidemic broke out in Vietnam. According to information from the Department of Informatization, as of 5pm on May 11, the Bluezone application has surpassed 31.88 million downloads. The number of downloads of Bluezone applications has increased by 131,000 times compared to May 10 and 1.3 million times compared to April 28 – the beginning of the wave. Covid-19 The current. Many people have downloaded and used the Bluezone application when they heard about new developments about the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic in Vietnam. The Department of Informatization also said that out of a total of nearly 32 million downloads of Bluezone application, the total number of phone number subscribers has surpassed 20 million. These are encouraging results for epidemic prevention and control in Vietnam, especially when Bluezone is currently one of the five recommended technology solutions to combat the spread of Covid-19. Currently, Da Nang, Hai Duong, Hanoi, Quang Ninh, and Ho Chi Minh City are the 5 leading localities in the country in terms of the percentage of Bluezone users in terms of the total population. Accordingly, there were 491,000 Bluezone users in Da Nang (accounting for 43.28%). This number in Hai Duong is 676,000 people (accounting for 39.65%) and in Hanoi is more than 3 million people (37.74%). The number of Bluezone users in the remaining provinces in the top 5 are Quang Ninh 470,600 people (accounting for 35.64%) and Ho Chi Minh City 2.8 million people (accounting for 31%). In the opposite direction, the provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh, Dak Lak, Nghe An and Dien Bien are ranked at the bottom with a low percentage of Bluezone users, accounting for less than 14% of the total population. Bluezone is currently the most effective technology solution to prevent and combat Covid-19. Bluezone is an application that records contact history, thereby providing early warning and helping to accurately trace people suspected of being infected with Covid-19. The effectiveness of Bluezone has been proven when this application helps health authorities trace thousands of suspected cases of close contact with infected people or new suspected infected people. Notably, 17 positive cases were found thanks to Bluezone during the second outbreak in Hai Duong in January 2021. These are all cases found outside of the trace list by normal epidemiological investigation. The advantage of Bluezone is to help detect early cases of close contact with people infected with (suspected) Covid-19 but do not know or have no symptoms of the disease. Bluezone users will therefore be warned early in case they have ever been in contact with a potential carrier. The use of Bluezone in combination with epidemiological investigation methods will help minimize the number of people who have to be isolated. Instead of thousands of people having to go to quarantine for prevention as before, the number of quarantined people will now be reduced to a minimum. According to experts’ estimates, for Bluezone to be effective, the percentage of users of this application must reach at least 60% of the adult population. In Vietnam, 50 million people install and use Bluezone is enough to effectively protect the whole community. Currently, the number of Bluezone users in Vietnam is still low. Therefore, for the application to be effective, it is necessary to have the cooperation of the whole community through downloading and using Bluezone. Trong Dat How to install Bluezone to help warn people suspected of being infected with Covid-19:

To receive alerts from Bluezone, the first thing to do is to download and install this application.

Link to download Bluezone on Android

Link to download Bluezone on iOS

After installation, users need to grant Bluezone application permission to access memory and Bluetooth connection to receive alerts from the application.

Hanoi requires that hotels serving as concentrated isolation places must ensure the requirements in epidemic prevention and control, and deploy surveillance camera systems. Photo: InterContinental Hanoi Westlake Hotel In this document, the Hanoi Department of Tourism requires the units to fully implement the regulations and measures in the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic in accordance with the direction of the city such as: Stop the meeting activities. , unnecessarily large gatherings of people; implement minimum distance; strictly implement the “5K message”… Restaurants in hotels, standard food and drink establishments to serve tourists, ensure the minimum seating distance in accordance with regulations. Accommodation establishments in the Capital area register and regularly self-evaluate and update to the national Covid-19 safety system at http://safe.tourism.com.vn. Any establishment that temporarily suspends its operation or does not do business must still register and tick the box “Business establishments temporarily suspending operations on the system”. For 19 hotels decided to establish by the Hanoi People’s Committee as a concentrated medical isolation area, the isolation process must be strictly followed according to regulations; tighten the management and supervision of activities at the hotel. These facilities must be responsible for closely coordinating with relevant agencies to assess the situation, deploy surveillance camera systems to integrate and connect with the centralized monitoring system set up by the Ministry of Information and Communications. implementation to ensure on schedule; comply with the adjustment of concentrated isolation time for cases subject to isolation according to current regulations of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. Tourist accommodation service businesses, tourist operators and transport units, tourist areas and attractions need to be updated from official sources of information about the epidemic situation; Fully update information, guest list, daily travel schedule for medical declaration, information retrieval upon request. In addition, the Department of Tourism requires units to meet information technology in epidemic prevention and control, to actively create and use QR Codes; install Bluezone application to serve monitoring and contact tracing of Covid-19 epidemic. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other users who have installed Bluezone. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

The number of users downloading Bluezone apps increased sharply According to the Department of Information Technology, the Ministry of Information and Communications announced on May 12, as of 5:00 p.m. on May 11, there were 31.88 million downloads of Bluezone applications across the country. The number of Bluezone application downloads has increased by 131,000 times compared to May 10 and by 1,338 million compared to April 28 – the start of the 4th Covid-19 translation back to Vietnam. Subscriber phone number has also reached over 20 million. Smartphones with Bluezone installed can communicate with each other, recording close contact. When there is a new case where the person’s cell has Bluezone installed, the exposure history will be used to alert people who also have Bluezone installed and have been in close contact with the case. Bluezone can also help warn people on group F2 (close exposure to F1). Bluezone warns if the user has close contact with someone infected with Covad-19, helping to minimize the risk of spreading in the community. Out of a total of nearly 32 million downloads of Bluezone applications across the country, Hanoi, Da Nang, Hai Duong, Quang Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City are the top 5 provinces / cities in terms of the percentage of Bluezone users in terms of the total population. Accordingly, more than 3 million users downloaded Bluezone in Hanoi (37.74%). This figure in Ho Chi Minh City is nearly 2.8 million (accounting for more than 31%); Hai Duong is more than 676,000 people (accounting for 39.65%) and Da Nang is nearly 491,000 users (accounting for 43.28%). However, there are some localities with low rates of installation such as Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh, Dak Lak, Nghe An, and Dien Bien, accounting for less than 14% of the total population. In the previous session, the Bluezone application also recorded a sharp increase in the number of downloads. In these days, Bluezone is the leading app on download list on both App Store and CH Play app stores in Vietnam. Within a week from January 28 to February 4, Da Nang, Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Duong continuously led in the proportion of Bluezone users to the population. Some other provinces have also experienced rapid user growth such as Hoa Binh, Lao Cai, Binh Phuoc, Ha Nam, Gia Lai, Hung Yen, Phu Tho, Nam Dinh, Dong Thap. By February 4, 2020, the number of Bluezone downloads reached 28 million, an increase of more than 3 million compared to January 28, 2021, an average increase of about 500 thousand downloads per day. Bluezone application is currently one of the 5 recommended technology solutions to prevent the spread of Covid-19. This is a solution that applies Bluetooth low energy technology. Smartphones with Bluezone installed can communicate with each other, recording close contact. Contact history data will be saved only on the user’s mobile device. When there is a new case where the person’s mobile has Bluezone installed, the exposure history is used to alert people who also have Bluezone installed and have had close contact with the case. Bluezone can also help warn people on group F2 (close exposure to F1). Bluezone warns if users have close contact with people infected with Covad-19, helping to reduce the risk of spreading in the community, helping people return to normal lives. Bluezone also has utilities to make it easier for users such as: medical declaration, newsletter, arrival and departure records … It is known that in the last epidemic, Bluezone has traced 735 cases, discovered 4,625 cases of close contact. Among them, more than half are concentrated in Hai Duong. Before that, in the second outbreak, Bluezone has brought into play its support in tracing cases of suspected and infected cases. According to statistics from August 12, 2020 to September 5, 2020, from 72 identified cases to be taken into account (out of a total of 146 cases nationwide), the system has identified 1,920 new cases. close contact with infected cases, suspected cases to supplement the list of traditional traceability by epidemiological investigation …

The representative of the Ministry of Health received articles to support the prevention and fight against the epidemic. At the event, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ampharco USA Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company Le Ngoc Bo said that the test kit was invested, researched and developed by the technology transferred from the Military Medical Academy. currently is most of the strains of SARS-CoV-2 virus up to now. The product has been licensed by the Ministry of Health for circulation in the last Decision No. 2263 / QD-BYT dated 7-5. This is the result of more than a year of non-stop efforts of the team of scientists and the company’s partners to promptly respond to the Government’s policy of “anti-epidemic like anti-enemy”, contributing to the work. anti-epidemic Covid-19 of Vietnam. On behalf of the receiving unit, Prof. Dr. Tran Van Thuan, Deputy Minister of Health welcomed the product “made in Vietnam” and emphasized that, before the Covid-19 epidemic continued to affect all aspects of life. In the social economy, the company of Ampharco USA Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company accompanying the Health sector is a very meaningful job, demonstrating the social responsibility of the unit for joining hands to repel the pandemic. “The Ministry of Health also praised the impulsive spirit of the Vietnam Young Physician Association before proposing the Ministry to receive these meaningful products and believe with the intellect, gesture and heart of the Vietnamese medical team The man, the scientists with the consensus of the business, the people of the whole country, Vietnam will defeat the Covid-19 “, Professor Tran Van Thuan said. Along with receiving 10 thousand test kits, the Ministry of Health also requested Ampharco USA Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company to support the storage and preservation of products in the company’s storage to ensure the conditions. Based on the situation of epidemic developments and recommendations of units and localities, the Ministry of Health will distribute the above test numbers to medical facilities through the support of shipping and handing over of public tests. companies for local units are timely. Step 1: Access to https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or directly download at App Store or Play Store. Step 2: Once downloaded, the app will ask for Bluetooth permission to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth isn’t open, drag the status notification bar and turn on Bluetooth; Or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: After the installation is complete, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them on the contact list.

From May 11, 2021, Vietnam Airlines will raise the standards of Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control for all domestic flights. Specifically, the main measures taken by Vietnam Airlines to ensure the safety of the disease include: Strictly check the medical declaration and measure the passenger body temperature before the flight; refusing to carry passengers with unusual manifestations of health; installing a disinfection mat at the boarding gate; arranging flight crews to move around the airport and between the airport – city by separate vehicle; ensure passengers and flight crew wear masks throughout the journey; providing antibacterial towels for passengers on the flight; aircraft disinfection at the end of the day and regular maintenance of the HEPA air filter. To support passengers wishing to exchange and refund tickets due to the impact of epidemics, from May 10, 2021, Vietnam Airlines has implemented a support policy for tickets purchased in the Vietnamese market and has a refund itinerary. all inland. Passengers can refer to the ticket exchange and refund policy here. In order to save time for passengers, currently, Vietnam Airlines has implemented the feature to help passengers proactively cancel their seats, exchange tickets and refund tickets to vouchers right on the website, at the Manage booking section located on the homepage. Vietnam Airlines notes that for passengers who do not plan to travel with a reserved flight, before carrying out the procedures for exchanging or refunding tickets, passengers need to cancel their booking to avoid loss of booking fee. The valid cancellation time is at least 3 hours before the departure time indicated on the ticket. In particular, Vietnam Airlines offers free refunds for passengers who choose to convert tickets to vouchers with 100% of the refund value. This voucher can be used to buy flight tickets, checked baggage and other additional services of Vietnam Airlines. Step 1: Access to https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or directly download at App Store or Play Store. Step 2: Once downloaded, the app will ask for Bluetooth permission to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth isn’t open, drag the status notification bar and turn on Bluetooth; Or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: After the installation is complete, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the app will automatically identify these users and put them on the contact list.

With dozens of Covid-19 positive cases being discovered every day, many solutions such as localization, tracing of suspected infected people, vaccination, community immunization, … have been deployed to limit the spread of the disease. However, unlike other pandemics, Covid-19 is showing that this is not just a common pandemic. With many variations and outbreaks, the prevention of Covid-19 is a long battle and requires the participation of the whole society. This fact shows that non-traditional anti-epidemic solutions are needed. Anti-epidemic technology is the most optimal choice today for the society to function normally. People harvest agricultural products in the epidemic heart in Hai Duong. Photo: Trong Dat To meet the urgent requirements of epidemic prevention and control, the Ministry of Information and Communications has issued the document “Instructions on the use of Covid-19 support solutions to prevent, combat and trace in the community”. Accordingly, in order to combat epidemics with technology, localities need to combine many different solutions. These solutions included the implementation of the installation of Bluezone (the application of warning for close contact with suspected Covid-19) and NCOVI (voluntary medical declaration management system). Localities also need to deploy the system to record people coming and going to public places through QR code scanning and epidemic prevention map system. For places with airports and border gates, these localities need to make electronic medical declaration for people entering. What is the effectiveness of anti-epidemic technology by technology? According to experts, technology solutions such as Bluezone applications can only achieve high efficiency if they are used by more than 60% of the population. Recognition of the developer shows that, as of March 2021, more than 30 million people used Bluezone applications. Considering the actual implementation efficiency, during the 2nd Covid-19 outbreak (July 25, 2020) in Hai Duong, with the proportion of people who installed Bluezone being 27%, 1,035 was identified in this locality. F1, F2. Many recommendations have been made by authorities about people should install Bluezone application to receive warnings in case of contact with suspected Covid-19. Photo: Trong Dat In the second outbreak on January 27, 2021 in Hai Duong, the rate of installing Bluezone applications was 43% of the total population of the province. As a result, the system has traced 1,993 F1 and F2 cases. It is noteworthy that by doing this, the health agency found 17 positive cases outside the list of traditional epidemiological investigations. With the successes and experiences gained in Hai Duong, Bluezone is considered as the most effective measure for effective zoning, helping to maintain the status of an isolated house, the whole society can still operate normally. With NCOVI application, as of February 3, 2021, the number of NCOVI applications installed was 7.8 million. The number of medical declaration records for the entire population is 18 million, the number of updated health monitoring records is 52.95 million, the number of scan records of QR code is 7.25 million. Medical declarations are basic input so that health agencies can keep informed about the health situation of each citizen. The large collection of medical manifest data also makes it possible for authorities to immediately detect a large-scale Covid-19 outbreak. Citizens are encouraged to make electronic medical declarations at least 1 time per day. Recently, Vietnam is using another solution, which is to check in to save epidemiological landmarks with QR codes. With this measure, people need to scan QR codes to check in every time they go to public places. In the event that a person is determined positive for Covid-19, the authorities will base on the history of scanning the QR code of the person to filter out the “epidemiological landmarks” that the patient has joined or went to. for a period of 3 days before onset of illness. Those who have arrived at the “epidemiological milestones” during the time the patient checked in will be listed for the investigator to trace, from which the F1s will be identified. Workers at the aluminum mine in Lam Dong perform check-in by QR code upon arrival at the workplace. According to the representative of Bkav – Bluezone application development unit, the measure of checking in public places helps to quickly track outbreak places such as restaurants and markets. In addition, the regular check-in by QR code on Bluezone also helps to increase the efficiency of contact recognition. Storing “epidemiological landmarks” by QR code, tracing suspected infected persons by Bluezone and medical declaration on NCOVI will form a set of tools to help early detection, effective localization and limit the spread of the epidemic. This is how Make in Vietnam digital technologies creep and solve problems in life.

The main interface on the electronic medical declaration page, at https://tokhaiyte.vn, with options for the purpose of making the trip. Accordingly, before taking the trip, people can make online medical declaration on the website at https://tokhaiyte.vn, or Bluezone application on a smart device. This website and application are developed and managed by the Ministry of Health. Through these two methods, people can report health care for themselves and report for others. When making a medical report on the website https://tokhaiyte.vn: After logging in this address on the website browser application (using computers or smartphones, tablets), otherwise choose the section on domestic movement declaration. Then, log in the phone number, the system will send the OPT code to the registered phone number for authentication and declaration. In case of declaring for themselves, guests fill out personal information, according to the required fields. In case of household registration, check the box for household registration and then power the information of the person who is declared on behalf of them. After completing the fields of personal information, information will be stored for future trips so that visitors do not need to re-declare if registering and logging in with the same phone number. The declarant needs to fill in enough information as required (in case of household registration, check the box of Household registration at the beginning of the declaration) In the last 14 days, did you go to any province / city, country / region (many places can be passed): if so, the declarant should list details of the points passed; otherwise just write No. When it comes to domestic travel, the declarant needs to choose the means of travel (plane, train, passenger car, boat and private vehicle). After that, the declarant should fill in the required information accurately and completely, vehicle number, trip number, departure point, destination, date of departure, date of arrival … Followed by information related to health conditions 14 days prior to the trip, such as: fever, cough, difficulty breathing, sore throat, exposure risks, chronic illnesses, pregnancy. … All of these items have been automatically selected as no, unless otherwise with anomaly, yes will be selected. Then the declarant needs to enter the Security Code, and Submit the Declaration. The system will send a notification of Successful Declaration (green notification on the right corner). Guests wait for the system to return notification information with QRCode code used for travel procedures. At this point, the declaration has been successful. Passengers are advised to take a screenshot with this QR code for inspection upon request. When successful declaration is made on the website of electronic medical cover declaration, the system will send a notice with the QRCode code, the declarant needs to take this code again to serve checking upon request. In case of making medical declaration on Bluezone application: Before the trip, people need to download the Bluezone application to their handset and install it. This app is available on the App Store app store (on Apple iOS devices) or Google Play Store (on Android devices). The main interface of Bluezone application after successfully registering, registering and logging in on a smart handheld device, with the medical declaration for guests to choose to make pre-trip notification. After a successful installation, people need to register and login. After logging in to the application, right on the main screen of the application, there will be a Medical Declaration section to make electronic medical declarations for domestic trips. After entering the medical report, the declarant will make the information and declare the items as done on the website https://tokhaiyte.vn (as guided above). When successfully declaring, the system also sends back the QRCode code so that guests can take screenshots for checking when making trips. In case of not taking screenshots, guests can also easily find the declaration in the Medical Declaration List, all declarations are automatically stored on the application, with QRCode code, the date the declaration is made for retrieval. back when the declarer needs to use it. After declaring the required information, the application will display the results of the declaration with the QRCode code, the customer can take a photo or easily find it in the Declaration list (the list will appear as soon as you choose the Declaration Medical newspaper at home page).

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam delivered a speech at the meeting. On the morning of April 23, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Head of the National Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Covid-19, led the Government’s delegation to work with Ho Chi Minh City. prevention and control of epidemic Covid-19. Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said that nearing the 46th anniversary of the Liberation of the South, reunification (April 30) and International Labor Day (1-5), Tourists will increase. If branches and localities do not have strict measures, it will be very worrying. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam cites two previous epidemics in Hai Duong and Da Nang, just one event of not complying with epidemic prevention measures or subjective psychology, the consequences are huge. . Regarding the risk of epidemic outbreaks from people who illegally entered the southwest border, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said that the number of people who entered illegally detected in Vietnam is still limited compared to the actual number. practice. Meanwhile, people who enter illegally in the southwest border flock to Ho Chi Minh City quite a lot. This is a very big risk, if not strictly controlled, epidemic outbreaks are easy. Concerning this issue, the Head of the National Steering Committee for epidemic prevention and control Covid-19 requested an effective solution to prevent epidemics from entering from the outside; tightening controls on people entering illegally; to well control trails, openings and southwest border. Regarding vaccination, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said that the Ministry of Health is completing the process and speeding up vaccination. The spirit of the Ministry of Health is to inject the right people. In the coming time, Covid-19 vaccination will focus on the workforce in industries exposed to many people such as aviation, transportation, banking, electricity … “Ho Chi Minh City is a big center with many good and creative ways. Over a long period of time, the city has not had any cases of Covid-19 infecting the community. However, this also easily generates subjective psychology in epidemic prevention and control. We need to tighten and continue the anti-epidemic spirit as before “, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam emphasized. Speaking at the meeting, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thanh Phong, Head of the Steering Committee for the prevention of epidemic Covid-19 in the city said, if allowed The national government allows, the city wants to buy the vaccine by itself through socialization. The head of the Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Covid-19 in Ho Chi Minh City said that the city had 246 cases of Covid-19, of which 72 cases were in the community, 194 cases were imported. In the past month, there are 108 cases of illegal entry discovered in the area. All are quarantined according to regulations. The city has issued a letter to coordinate with localities that have border lines bordering other countries on this issue. “Ho Chi Minh City proposes criminal handling of illegal entries”, proposed by Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong. Step 1: Access to https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or directly download at App Store or Play Store. Step 2: Once downloaded, the app will ask for Bluetooth permission to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth isn’t open, drag the status notification bar and turn on Bluetooth; Or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: After the installation is complete, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them on the contact list.