Map of epidemiological information is established. Look at the map to avoid “hot spots” CovidMaps is an interactive map that helps people locate and look up epidemiological information visually on the map. It helps viewers take proactive precautions when moving near high-risk areas. The map is also a useful communication channel to help authorities promptly notify people of important information when accessing the map. CovidMaps also help professional agencies easily grasp the epidemic situation and detect epidemic hotspots. Le Yen Thanh, General Director of Phenikaa Maas Technology Joint Stock Company – the Covidmaps construction unit, said that the unit built itself using bMap map technology. The CovidMaps epidemiological map is currently being deployed in 9 outbreak localities: Da Nang, Hai Duong, Quang Ninh, Gia Lai, Bac Giang, Vinh Phuc, Phu Yen, Thai Nguyen and Lang Son. In these localities, people only need to access http: Covidmaps. (name of province and city).gov.vn for all epidemiological information related to Covid-19 in your locality. This is an effective tool for people to prevent the spread of the disease, easy to use on smartphones, and can be accessed by anyone. Le Yen Thanh said that when the Covid-19 epidemic broke out, many questions were raised and many problems solved. How to know that you have entered the epidemic area is the key to solving the next steps such as self-isolation, monitoring for signs of virus infection. In fact, the epidemiological information, the travel history of Covid-19 cases is inherently complicated. The updated data to the people is specific and regular (every 2 days), but it is still fragmentary, thus causing many difficulties in memorizing and finding the passing locations of the F0s. Tracing the journey, timely blockade, isolation at the right time is the key to cutting off the chain of infection of the virus. “Covid-19 map” on the application platform BusMap – city buses. The Covid map displays as a regular map with dots showing the locations of susceptible areas. This feature allows users to directly, easily and quickly identify places with a high risk of infection, thereby having an appropriate direction of movement, avoiding entering the epidemic area. The interface design of each map is quite easy to follow. The “stop” sign is the quarantine points, the house-shaped icon is the concentrated isolation facilities, the yellow dot icon is the patient’s home area, the + sign is a hospital and medical facility, the X sign is blockade and medical isolation areas. Each icon corresponds to the corresponding number detailed in real time. In addition, there are the number of F0 patients for the day, the number of Covid patients with updated data, and the phone number of the epidemic in the upper corner of the screen. Effective tool for epidemic prevention Mr. Le Yen Thanh said, when typing a specific address on the map, if that address is in a blockade or medical isolation area, there will be a red warning, with a specific blockade address. Patient housing areas are also highlighted in red. The map currently provides information including: Centralized isolation point, blockade area, patient’s home area, where the patient has been, where the patient has been for more than 14 days. Not stopping at a map just to see, the Covid map also recognizes whether the user’s location is coincident with an area at risk of infection. This helps users know the level of safety of their location and have an appropriate adjustment plan. Currently this feature is being widely introduced to BusMap users. During the process of being put into use, the application will actively receive feedback to improve this feature to provide the best value for people,” said CEO Le Yen Thanh. According to Mr. Le Yen Thanh, applying the epidemiological digital map to management, people can grasp epidemiological information in time, do not move to hot spots, helping to limit the spread in the community. Regarding the security of personal information, the specific information of the infected case such as address, full name is obscured. This is just the information that has been released publicly from the local epidemic prevention and control steering committee. When this data is available, the new data entry operator system is put in, because it is an official source of information, so it completely complies with the provisions of the law on personal confidentiality for infected cases. With the launch of the Covid-19 epidemiological information mapping software on May 24, Lang Son is the 9th province in the country to provide a Covid-19 epidemiological map tool to help the community monitor visually. epidemiological information of local cases through the Internet. As the first locality in the country to apply digital maps in the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic in the area, Mr. Nguyen Van Quoc, Director of the Information Center for Public Services in Da Nang said: Translation information map Covid-19 epidemiology was built in August 2020 – when the first outbreak of the epidemic broke out in Da Nang and has been continuously improved since then. The data is constantly updated from reputable sources, combining both automatic and manual entry. Manual data entry is performed in cases where the addresses are not clearly identified. The biggest goal of this digital map is to help people have the most intuitive and accurate view of the Covid-19 panorama in Da Nang without having to search for individual bulletins. Le Yen Thanh said that localities in need will be free to transfer the application platform to serve the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Ho Chi Minh City continues to record many Covid-19 cases. Specifically, 2 cases of Covid-19 were isolated immediately after entering An Giang; 76 cases were recorded domestically in Ho Chi Minh City (46), Bac Giang (20), Bac Ninh (7), Nghe An (3); in which 71 cases were detected in isolation or blockade areas. Case BN12901-BN12903 was recorded in Nghe An province in the blockade area. The test result was positive for SARS-CoV-2. Case BN12904-BN12910 recorded in Bac Ninh province: 5 cases are F1 cases, 1 case is related to Van Duong outbreak, 1 case is related to Dai Phuc outbreak. The test result was positive for SARS-CoV-2. Cases BN12911-BN12914, BN12917-BN12932 were recorded in Bac Giang province in an isolated area and a blockade area, related to workers working in industrial zones. The test result was positive for SARS-CoV-2. Case BN12933-BN12978 recorded in HCMC: 41 cases are isolated F1 cases, 5 cases are under epidemiological investigation. The test result was positive for SARS-CoV-2. As of 6 a.m. on June 20, Vietnam had a total of 11,289 domestic Covid-19 cases and 1,689 imported cases. The number of new cases from April 27 to now: 9,719 cases, of which 2,280 patients have been declared cured. There are 22 provinces (Yen Bai, Quang Ngai, Quang Ninh, Quang Nam, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Tuyen Quang, Son La, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Thai Nguyen, Hung Yen, Hai Phong, Tay Ninh, Gia Lai, Bac Lieu, Dien Bien, Dak Lak, Dong Thap, Tra Vinh, Thai Binh, Vinh Phuc) has not recorded any new cases in the community for 14 days.

Cases of BN12151-BN12171 were recorded in Bac Giang province in the isolation and blockade areas, related to workers working in industrial zones. The test result was positive for SARS-CoV-2. Cases from BN12172 to BN12231 recorded in HCMC: 51 cases are F1 cases, four are related to the Renaissance mission group, five are under epidemiological investigation. The test result was positive for SARS-CoV-2. To move towards herd immunity by the end of 2021, localities across the country are promoting vaccination against COVID-19. On June 17, an additional 200,263 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 vaccine, so the whole country had 1,991,059 doses of COVID-19 vaccine injected, of which 89,833 people received two full shots. According to data from the Ministry of Health, Thai Binh province has not recorded any new cases for 14 days. A total of 25 provinces (Yen Bai, Quang Ngai, Dong Nai, Quang Ninh, Quang Nam, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Nam Dinh, Hoa Binh, Tuyen Quang, Son La, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Thai Nguyen, Hung) Yen, Hai Phong, Tay Ninh, Gia Lai, Bac Lieu, Dien Bien, Dak Lak, Dong Thap, Tra Vinh, Da Nang, Thai Binh) have not recorded new cases for 14 days. The 4th outbreak is having unpredictable developments and spreading rapidly in Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Tinh, Bac Giang, Tien Giang, Nghe An and Binh Duong.

The Covid-19 epidemiological information map has a friendly interface, easy to use and look up. On June 11, the Department of Information and Communications and the Hanoi Department of Health officially launched the “Hanoi Covid-19 Epidemiological Information Map”, serving the city’s epidemic prevention and control. The Covid-19 epidemiological information map in Hanoi can be accessed directly at: https://covidmaps.hanoi.gov.vn. Through smart mobile phones or computers with internet connection, people can search and detect problems related to the Covid-19 epidemic around them or at any location in the city. Hanoi. In addition, the system also provides mapping tools for density analysis and statistics to serve the people as well as for management, monitoring, epidemic prevention and control; Covid-19 testing sites; concentrated isolation areas; blockade and medical isolation areas; hospital, medical center… Director of the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Liem said that the source of data and expert data on the Covid-19 epidemiology is provided by the city’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Hanoi Department of Health. Internal and updated continuously right after the official announcement of CDC. The Department of Information and Communications hopes this will be one of the effective tools to support people and management agencies in the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic. In phase 2, the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications in coordination with the Department of Health and CDC will continue to upgrade and add some new functions such as: Information on epidemiological points, blockade points, positive cases announced within a user-defined radius on the map; update information on maps of districts, wards and communes that have taken samples for Covid-19 testing; locate, find a way to build a suitable travel route, limit contact with points at risk of infection.

Accordingly, with just a smartphone or computer connected to the Internet, people can search and detect problems related to the Covid-19 epidemic around them or at any location in Hanoi city. People can directly access the Hanoi Covid-19 Epidemiological Information Map at https://covidmaps.hanoi.gov.vn/ Map of Covid-19 epidemiological information of Hanoi city. The Covid-19 epidemiological information map will display testing points, concentrated isolation areas, blockade areas, medical isolation, hospitals, medical centers… The system also provides mapping tools for density analysis and statistics to serve the people as well as for disease management, monitoring and prevention. According to Nguyen Thanh Liem, Director of the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications, the source of data and expert data on the Covid-19 epidemiology is provided by the City Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Department of Health. Hanoi and is continuously updated immediately after the official announcement of CDC. With the operation of this map system, the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications hopes that this will be one of the effective tools to support the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic for people and management agencies in the world. city ​​area. Information about “red addresses” is provided on the map for people to proactively avoid. In phase 2, the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications will coordinate with the Department of Health and CDC to continue to upgrade and add some new functions such as information on epidemiological points, blockade points, and positive cases. announced within a user defined radius on the map. In addition, in the future, this map system will help people update information about districts (districts), wards (communes) that have taken samples for Covid-19 testing. Another important feature is to help people locate, find the way to build a suitable travel route, limit contact with points at risk of infection. Before Hanoi, some other localities such as Bac Ninh, Vinh Phuc, etc. have also built a real-time epidemiological information map system to update people on the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic. 19.

Immediately after, the Center for Disease Control of Dong Thap province conducted a confirmation PCR test sample for this case and the result was negative for SARS-CoV-2. Dong Thap province has two confirmed PCR testing facilities. Explaining this result, the Dong Thap health sector said that usually, rapid tests have high sensitivity to easily screen all suspected cases so as not to miss subjects when investigating and tracing. But with the rapid test, it is not possible to confirm that the subject has Covid-19 but after performing the rapid test, a PCR test must be performed to confirm the screened result. New PCR test confirms whether the subject has Covid-19 or not. Related to the above case, today, there has been a lot of information on social networks that reflects incorrectly, causing confusion and insecurity in public opinion. Phuong Chau Sa Dec International Hospital is operating normally, well streamlining all stages, well implementing regulations on epidemic prevention and control for medical examination and inpatient departments. Dong Thap province’s functional sector recommends that people should select official information from competent professional agencies to speak, avoid spreading and sharing false information that causes confusion among the public.

That is the first reason why many restaurants in New York City have set up separate areas to serve diners who have been vaccinated against Covid-19. They think that people who have been vaccinated, even though they gather in close proximity, the possibility of disease transmission is very low, according to New York Post . But most of all, restaurant owners admit that they want to give diners the feeling of dining in 2019, a time when Covid-19 has not yet appeared. Carroll Place bar set up a separate area for customers who have been vaccinated. Photo: New York Post. Carroll Place bar (157 Bleecker Street, West Village) plans to open a new seating area for guests who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 on June 9. Restaurant owner AJ Bontempo shared: “I think that when life starts to return to normal, people will want to feel comfortable eating without having to worry about the disease like before. The new area is like a gift to those who have been vaccinated.” Of the 109 seats on the main floor of Carroll Place bar, 90 are reserved for vaccinated guests. The remaining seats are arranged behind the stage for the disabled because there are suitable restrooms located on this floor. Meanwhile, 50 seats upstairs and another 130 seats outside will be reserved for unvaccinated customers at the bar. Jolene Pub in Manhattan reopened, serving only vaccinated diners. Photo: New York Post. The Carolines, a comedy club on Broadway, is also offering the best seats indoors for those who have been vaccinated. “The easiest way to get the best seats in the house? It’s vaccination! We require theatergoers to present their vaccination cards,” said Caroline Hirsch, founder and owner of the Carolines Club. She further explained that continuing to maintain a minimum distance of 2 meters will reduce the capacity of the theater to serve. In the future, some performances at the Carolines will be exclusively for vaccinated audiences. “Our actors are always hoping to perform in front of a packed audience of people who have completed their Covid-19 vaccinations. When you’re a comedian, you want to see your audience laugh. Actors will not feel anything when they have to be 4 meters away from the audience and are covered by a plastic wall, “said Ms. Hirsch.

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.

Map of epidemiological information of Covid-19 in Bac Ninh province Lang Son has just launched the Covid-19 epidemiological information map (CovidMaps) at the address: https://covidmaps.langson.gov.vn, allowing real-time monitoring of the epidemic situation. With the Covid-19 epidemiological information map, Lang Son has more digital technology solutions for management and administration in the local Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control. According to the information on the digital map, as of May 26, this province had 44 F0 cases, 2,213 F1 and more than 19,000 F2 cases and tested 11,380 cases in Lang Son city and 10 cases. district in the province. The CovidMaps map informs the living area and contact location of Covid-19 patients within 14 days, helping people easily identify the route of people infected with Covid-19 and concentrated isolation points to prevent infection. move to. A representative of the Department of Information and Communications of Lang Son province said that the map provides Covid-19 epidemiological information to help people not move to hot spots and avoid infection. People can see concentrated isolation points, medical isolation areas and disease control points in Lang Son 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. 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 of people that can receive more. When people have a need to find places where patients infected with Covid-19 have 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 abbreviation, 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 point… for people to easily grasp, not move to. With the launch of the Covid-19 epidemiological information mapping software on May 24, 2021, Lang Son is the 9th province in the country to provide a Covid-19 epidemiological map tool to help the community track Visualize epidemiological information of local cases via the Internet. Up to now, Da Nang, Bac Giang, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh, Quang Nam, Gia Lai and Phu Yen have also deployed Covid-19 epidemiological information mapping software (CovidMaps). As one of the “hot spots” in terms of the number of Covid-19 patients with many complicated developments, Bac Giang has applied the Covid-19 Epidemiological Digital Map. Covidmaps uses digital map technology to digitize useful information such as: Locked areas, medical isolation; lists and information related to each patient (living quarters, travel schedules); concentrated isolation locations; Addresses of hospitals, health stations… Through this, help people, epidemic prevention and control units, and managers update information about the disease quickly, regularly and smoothly. From there, we can analyze the daily situation of the Covid-19 epidemic in the locality in order to proactively implement effective prevention and control measures. Covidmaps Bac Giang has an address at: https://covidmaps.bacgiang.gov.vn; https://bandodichte.bacgiang.gov.vn. The application of Covid digital map has been making an important contribution in supporting the authorities and people in the province to quickly update information, direct and organize the effective implementation of measures to prevent and control the epidemic. On the digital map, as of the morning of May 26, Bac Giang province had recorded 1,454 cases of Covid-19. Previously, Da Nang was one of the leading localities across the country to apply digital maps in the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic in the area. The Covid-19 epidemiological information map was built in August 2020 – when the first outbreak of the disease broke out in Da Nang and has been continuously improved since then. The data is constantly updated from reputable sources, combining both automatic and manual entry. Representative of Danang Public Service Information Center, the biggest goal of this digital map is to help people have the most intuitive and accurate view of the Covid-19 panorama in Da Nang without having to find individual bulletins. In particular, from the success of this software after the actual application time in Da Nang, the software development team has supported CovidMaps for a number of other provinces across the country…

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Signing units hand over the Covid-19 epidemiological digital map system Attending the ceremony, representatives of leaders of Departments of Information and Communication, Hoa Binh Health, Phuc Hung Group Joint Stock Company, People’s Institute of Informatics, Hanoi Association of Informatics and Telecommunications. Epidemiological digital mapping software has been developed, upgraded and supplemented by a group of technology experts from the Covidmaps digital map to facilitate the search and update of information related to the Covid-19 epidemic. According to the supplier, the epidemiological software has optimized many upgraded features to help support communication about Covid-19. The software is also synchronized with vaccination activities such as: On-the-spot declaration at the epidemic prevention and control point; Tracing travel schedules; Accurately locate the blocked area, medical isolation. In addition, there is a notice of vaccination and vaccination points; Synthesize report data quickly and timely with an easy-to-use interface with the State management unit and the people. Epidemiology software of Hoa Binh province can be accessed at: http://Covidmaps.hoabinh.gov.vn . In the past time, the authorities of Hoa Binh province together with units have urgently installed and updated information and data to serve the construction and development of the system “Digital map of Covid-19 epidemiology”. Hoa Binh province”. By this point the Basic System is complete and ready to be put into operation. Thereby, this locality will be proactive in disease control. At the ceremony, the units signed, handed over and put into use this system.

Signing handover of the digital map of epidemiology and prevention of COVID-19 between the representative of Hoa Binh province and Phuc Hung Investment Group Joint Stock Company. (Photo: Thanh Hai/VNA) On May 25, the Department of Information and Communications of Hoa Binh province held a ceremony to hand over and put the software into use. Epidemiological number map , supporting the prevention and control of COVID-19″ sponsored by Phuc Hung Investment Group Joint Stock Company. At the ceremony, the Director of the Provincial Department of Information and Communications Peace Bui Duc Nam emphasized that after receiving the software, the Department of Information and Communications will operate, the Provincial Department of Health will coordinate in providing and updating epidemiological information in the province for people and medical applications. related person. According to General Director of Phuc Hung Investment Group Joint Stock Company Le Quoc Quan: Software “Digital epidemiological map, supporting prevention and control work” COVID-19 epidemic ” developed by a group of technology experts, upgraded and supplemented from the Covidmaps digital map to help state management agencies, departments, departments and branches direct the epidemic prevention and control as well as create favorable conditions for people people in searching and updating information related to the COVID-19 epidemic. In addition, the software has an easy-to-use interface, optimizing many features, both helping to support communication about COVID-19 and synchronizing with COVID-19 vaccination activities such as on-site declaration. , at the epidemic prevention point; tracing travel schedules; accurately locate the blocked area, medical isolation; announcement of vaccination against COVID-19 and injection sites; Quickly and promptly summarize data and reports.

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.

Signing handover agreement between representatives of Hoa Binh province and Phuc Hung Investment Group Joint Stock Company. Photo: Thanh Hai/VNA At the ceremony, Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Hoa Binh province Bui Duc Nam emphasized: After receiving the software, the Department of Information and Communications will operate it, and the provincial Department of Health will coordinate to provide and update the software. epidemiological information in the province for people and related units. According to General Director of Phuc Hung Investment Group Joint Stock Company Le Quoc Quan: The software “Digital map of epidemiology, supporting the prevention and control of COVID-19” has been upgraded by a group of technology experts, supplemented from the Covidmaps digital map to help state management agencies, departments, departments and sectors direct the epidemic prevention and control work as well as create favorable conditions for people to look up and update relevant information to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the software has an easy-to-use interface that optimizes many features, both helping to support communication about COVID-19 and synchronizing with COVID-19 vaccination activities such as: place, at the point of epidemic prevention; tracing travel schedules; accurately locate the blocked area, medical isolation; announcement of vaccination against COVID-19 and injection sites; Synthesize and report data quickly and in a timely manner…

Image showing Covidmaps Bac Giang (Screenshot) On the afternoon of May 10, at the Office of the People’s Committee of Bac Giang province, Sao Mai Trading and Finance Joint Stock Company (Hanoi) handed over the Bac Giang Provincial People’s Committee to operate the Covid-19 Epidemiological Map System in Bac Giang province. (referred to as Covidmaps) free of charge by the company. Covidmaps uses digital map technology to digitize useful information such as: Locked areas, medical isolation; lists and information related to each patient (living quarters, travel schedules); concentrated isolation locations; hospital address, medical station… Through this, it helps people, epidemic prevention and control units, and managers update information about the disease quickly, regularly and smoothly. Pham Van Dao, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sao Mai Trading and Finance Joint Stock Company, said that with the social responsibility of businesses, the company builds Covidmaps with the desire to propose solutions to support localities. effectively implement epidemic prevention and control, contributing to stabilizing socio-economic development. Mai Son, Vice Chairman of Bac Giang Provincial People’s Committee, said that during the fourth outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, Bac Giang province became a hot spot with many complicated developments. The fact that Sao Mai Financial Trading Joint Stock Company sponsored 100% of the funds to hand over and operate the Covid-19 Epidemiological Map System in Bac Giang province is of great significance in supporting the Party Committee and authorities. People in the province quickly update information, direct and organize the effective implementation of measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic.

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.

Nigeria will become the next big Covid-19 “outbreak” after India. (Source: Anadolu Agency/Getty) And experts are cautiously observing a developing country, with a large area, disparities in health services and unequal access to vaccines, like India, that is Nigeria. With 200 million people, it is the most populous country in West Africa and the 7th most populous country in the world. Ngozi Erondui, a senior research fellow at the Chatham House Center for Global Health Security in the UK, said that “Nigeria is really vulnerable” and “has a lot in common with India”. When rich countries are not willing to share The world will not be able to do anything to prevent Covid-19 from ravaging Nigeria like the situation is happening in the past days in India. A more equitable distribution of vaccines could build a “firewall” against the rise in infections in Nigeria, as well as in other less developed countries. However, that will require the more economically developed countries of the world to share rescue resources with poorer countries. The tragic case of India proves that the vaccine-rich country in the world will not be in a hurry to help poor countries on distant continents. In fact, Africa is not necessarily synonymous with “poverty”. The continent is huge and diverse, comprising 54 countries with 1.2 billion people running economies from large to small, rich to poor, strong to weak. Likewise, African countries’ pandemic experiences vary widely. South Africa, one of the wealthiest countries on the continent, was hit hard last summer and then returned in January. Officials in the region recorded more than 54,000 deaths. The mortality rate is 93 deaths per 100,000 population, a number far below the US 175 deaths per 100,000 population, but much higher than the global average of 38 deaths. per 100,000 inhabitants. So far, many less industrialized African countries have avoided catastrophic spikes in infections, recording fewer deaths than rich countries. A total of 580,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 while only 1,600 Nigerians have died from the pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 virus – “opportunistic” virus However, that doesn’t mean Covid-19 won’t reach Nigeria and other African countries, it just means it hasn’t arrived yet. Lawrence Gostin, a global health expert at Georgetown University, told T he Daily Beast : “I am seeing the possibility that the Covid-19 fires will ravage around the world in the weeks and months to come. And I’m most worried about Africa.” According to Mr. Gostin, “the crisis in India is a leading indicator of what is to come in other low- and middle-income countries”. Despite its crowded cities, limited public health measures and a patchwork health care system, India has so far been considered relatively fortunate. The South Asian country has 1.37 billion people but only 160,000 deaths so far in March, with a rate of 11 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. Then, in April, a new and more contagious variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, known as B.1.617, emerged and spread across India, causing a record increase in cases and deaths. green. In just a few weeks, India had nearly 50,000 more deaths. The death rate rose to 15 per 100,000 population. When this article was published, the Covid-19 wave in India was underway, but the trend was already decreasing. The rate of new cases and deaths is decreasing. And while it is predicted that tens of thousands of more Indians will die before this spike is over, at least the pandemic has not gotten any worse in the country. But the SARS-CoV-2 virus is an opportunistic virus. It always finds places that are densely populated but have no protection. Spreading through the air from person to person, Covid-19 establishes a “laboratory” in each body that the virus infects. Each SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates after two weeks of infection for as long as it is active, and seeks to evolve so that it can create a new variant that is increasingly contagious. New variants help the virus spread even faster in a self-reinforcing cycle that ends only with drastic social distancing, vaccinations and antibodies among survivors, or more likely a combination of the virus. all three methods to cut off the transmission route of Covid-19. It is no coincidence that SARS-CoV-2 thrived in India this month. Popular religious festivals have attracted thousands of people who attended without wearing masks. Meanwhile, India’s vaccination effort is very bad. According to statistics, the South Asian country has fully vaccinated only 3% of the population, compared with more than 30% in the US. The global average for full immunization is also a little over 3%. From the epidemiologist’s point of view, Nigeria, with its many overcrowded cities, high poverty rates and shabby health system, is quite similar to India, but worse in some respects. India has at least some domestic vaccine manufacturers, while Nigeria has none. The African country must import all doses of the vaccine from outside. That explains why Nigeria only partially immunizes 1% of the population and almost no one is fully vaccinated. The Lagos government is expected to receive 84 million doses of the vaccine from AstraZeneca and Johnson&Johnson in the coming weeks. But that number is only enough to inject a fifth of the country’s population. Meanwhile, the proportion that experts say could lead to “herd immunity” is vaccination of three-quarters of the population, which blocks most routes of transmission and can last up to year 2022. Shortage side, surplus side To help Nigeria and the underserved countries, the rich countries of the world should stop hoarding vaccines excessively. Of course, more shots are not a panacea, and even a country with many vaccines can have trouble administering. However, the vaccine shortage, and the hesitation among people who doubt the vaccine’s effectiveness, could further slow the vaccination process. Shaun Truelove, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said that “the only way to know if Nigeria is managing vaccines well is to keep shipping the vaccine to the country”. Global supply is not the biggest problem. The United States, a country with many vaccine manufacturers, has a stockpile of more than 60 million doses of vaccine while continuing to have more vaccines supplied by factories, while vaccination rates are falling. especially for Republicans. It was only a few weeks after the sudden spike in Covid-19 in India that the administration of President Joe Biden promised to ship an additional number of vaccines to New Delhi. The AstraZeneca vaccine isn’t even authorized in the US. For Americans, those doses of vaccines are not only redundant but also useless. The problem of severe delays in the release of excess vaccines was anticipated a year ago. In the spring of 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) together with a number of international public-private partners, came together to establish the Global Access to Vaccines Covid-19 initiative, or COVAX. The COVAX initiative allows rich countries to pay for vaccines to poor countries. COVAX’s goal was to deliver 100 million doses by March, but it actually delivered less than 40 million doses. “This has failed Nigeria and many countries,” Mr. Erondu said [trong việc tiêm chủng]”. America is part of the problem. The Trump administration has refused to sign on to COVAX, a move that reflects its narrow “America First” philosophy. The Trump administration at the time either didn’t understand, or didn’t care, that vaccinating poor countries also helped protect rich countries. After all, the virus doesn’t care about borders. Mr. Biden reversed the decision in February. The administration has committed $4 billion in cash, making the US the largest donor of COVAX, albeit somewhat belatedly. In a parallel move, Mr. Biden also signaled support for a controversial proposal to give the WTO a copyright exemption for a Covid-19 vaccine. In theory, the decision would allow any manufacturer in any country to produce doses of the vaccine. However, experts are still divided on whether the patent waiver will lead to more doses of the vaccine being shipped to countries in need. Meanwhile, many richer countries have been slow to implement their COVAX commitments. Meanwhile, strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continue to target unprotected populations from one area to another. Nigeria is about to become the “storm center” of Covid-19. However, this West African country may not suffer the same fate as India. Because vaccines are available. Existing mechanisms will get the vaccine to the countries that need it most. It is worth mentioning that many countries have a surplus of vaccines but do not appreciate the importance of sharing vaccines with other countries. (According to Daily Beast)

In February 2021, health care and epidemiologists in India were delighted to see that the pandemic-related figures have all been plummeting. The number of Covid-19 cases has decreased, and the number of oxygen ventilators is sufficient for the patient. Experts at that time predicted that India had overcome the second wave of epidemics. However, in April, “lucky god” suddenly disappeared. Pictures of a series of corpses waiting to be cremated in turn flooded social networks. Hospitals lack bed and oxygen is severe. Many sick people and desperate families turned to buying medicine at the black market. Meanwhile, many others suffocated painfully in the hospital from lack of oxygen, according to the report Washington Post. The number of new cases in India has hit a record in the past few days. There is no indication that the number of infections will decrease in the near future. Temporary crematoriums are being massively erected in India. Photo: Reuters. Gathering people Back in early February, India had just over 13,000 cases a day, while the population was 1.4 billion. India has acquired a community immunity. Up to the present time, India has become the focal point of the global epidemic and receives great attention from the international community. On April 29, the country recorded 379,257 new cases of Covid-19 and 3,645 people died from the pandemic, marking the worst day ever of the pandemic in India. To date, the number of Covid-19 cases in the country has reached 18.38 million, including 204,832 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health of India. Experts commented that community immunity in India may not exist as previously assessed. The Naga Sadhus – Hindu ascetic “saints” – carry a sword or trident, leading devotees to participate in the Kumbh Mela festival on March 11. Photo: Reuters. The new wave of epidemics has made the poor now even more afflicted. Not only that, it is also reaching the rich class in Indian society. Although the rich tried to isolate society during the first wave of epidemics, they could not avoid this epidemic either. Crowds of people also play a huge role in spreading the virus. Blockade and quarantine restrictions are believed to have been lifted too soon in the world’s second most populous country. Residents are allowed to organize major parades. Hindu festivals attract tens of millions of pilgrims. These people often gather in cramped locations without protection. Random tests at pilgrimage sites recorded thousands of new infections. Even while the epidemic was peaking, the people of India were still not following the rules. Thousands of people gathered at the Ganges River to perform the ritual of bathing the river. They believe that the waters of the Ganges can save them from disease. “People let their guard down when India launched the vaccination campaign in January. People have returned to a normal life, traveling,” said Ramanan Laxminarayan, an epidemiologist at Princeton University. calendar, organizing a family wedding and without any restrictions, even wearing a mask “. New variant Scientists are still debating the role the new variants will play in making the pandemic in India unbelievably bad. Variation B.1.1.7, first discovered in the UK, is currently the dominant variant in the Indian state of Pubjab. Many studies show that B.1.1.7 is 40 to 70% more contagious than the original virus. At the same time it also makes the patient more likely to die. A medical worker walks over the bodies at a mass cremation point in Delhi on April 26. Photo: Reuters. Another variant, B.1.617, is present in the majority of patients in the state of Maharashtra. This variant is called a “double mutation” when it contains up to 2 official mutations found in two other strains. However, to date there is no official study showing whether B.1.617 is more transmissible than other variants. India also does not have the ability to decode the genetic sequence of B.1.617. Besides that, Brazilian and South African variants are also found in India. Why India lacks oxygen? Usually India’s hospitals and medical clinics use only 15% of the liquid oxygen produced in this country. However, until now, nearly 90% of the country’s supply has been transferred to health care facilities. Some Indian states do not have factories for the production of liquid oxygen. These regions must rely on supplies from other states. It takes two hours to fill a full tank with oxygen. This caused a long queue of trucks outside the factories. Even after full, oxygen trucks can only drive at 40 km / h and only move during the day. People in India are struggling with an unprecedented wave of Covid-19. Photo: AP. In October 2020, the Indian Ministry of Health announced plans to build a plant for more liquid oxygen production. However, only 33 out of 162 factories have been built so far. Prime Minister Modi also announced plans to build 551 other oxygen liquefaction plants on April 25. Even so, it would still be too late for the dying of hypoxia patients across India. “We told the authorities that we are ready to increase capacity, but we need financial support,” said Rajabhau Shinde, director of a small oxygen plant in Maharashtra. India decided to provide vaccines to anyone over the age of 18, starting May 1. The country also limits the number of exported vaccines and concentrates on domestic distribution. Several cities and states have announced new blockade restrictions. The government ordered a curfew, banned travel, and banned unnecessary activities. However, authorities believe that blockade is only the last resort. He refused to issue a nationwide blockade. A woman and a relative after her husband died of Covid-19. Photo: Reuters. The Indian government sends oxygen trains to all regions of the country. Military medical equipment stores were opened to deal with the urgent shortage. Armed forces have been deployed to hospitals. The world immediately rescued India Countries have already begun to take measures to help India. Singapore, Germany, UK sent oxygen-related devices on April 26. France, Russia and Australia will send medical aid. China and Pakistan have offered to help. The European Union has worked with member states to provide oxygen and medicines. The World Health Organization (WHO) will send more staff and supplies to India. The White House on April 28 said it would provide $ 100 million in aid to India, including 1,000 medical oxygen cylinders, 15 million N95 masks and one million Covid-19 rapid test kits. “Just as India sent support to the United States when our hospitals were stressed in the early stages of a pandemic, the United States is determined to help India in times of need,” the White House statement said. download on the website on April 28 clearly. The US is lifting a ban on sending raw materials abroad, enabling India to produce more AstraZeneca vaccines. President Biden is mobilizing a team of health experts and funding the expansion of India’s vaccine production capabilities. Doctors Without Borders welcomed the US move. The organization calls on the US government to ask pharmaceutical companies to “share technology and know-how.” However, the companies rejected this request. The crematorium and hospital were packed with people amid the Covid-19 wave in India The number of new Indian Covid-19 cases increased by more than 360,000 on April 27. In addition, the number of deaths increased exponentially, causing the crematorium to operate day and night.

New York Times sent reporters to cremations across India and found that the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 was higher than official figures. According to experts, Indian politicians and health officials missed many cases, both unintentional and intentional. The victim’s family also contributes to conceal the disease status of the deceased, making the situation even more complicated. “This is a data disaster,” says epidemiologist Bhramar Mukherjee from the University of Michigan. “From all modeling calculations done, we believe that the actual number of deaths is 2 to 5 times higher than reported”. The actual situation of the cremation ground In a cremation ground in the city of Ahmedabad, capital of the state of Gujarat, western India, fire was lit night and day to serve the cremation of the dead. Mr. Suresh Bhai, an employee here, said he had never seen so many deaths. However, in the section of cause of death on the file, he did not enter Covid-19. “Oops, sick, sick, sick …”, Mr. Suresh said. “That’s what we write.” Indian people pray after the death of a loved one caused by Covid-19. Photo: The New York Times. Mr. Suresh said that this order was issued by his superiors. These people declined to comment on the incident. Cremation is an important part of Hindu farewell rituals. This is considered an act to help the soul be released from the body. The staff at the cremation site said they felt exhausted. These employees also shared that they have never seen so many deaths at the same time today. In the industrial city of Surat, Gujarat state, some of the iron frames used for cremation have melted due to overuse. In the city of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh state, the authorities had to make use of the park to cremate the body. The price of subjectivity Not long ago, India seemed to be on the right track in the prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic, when cases and deaths were under control. Facing this achievement, both Indian officials and people proved subjective and did not continue to take measures to prevent epidemics. But the worst has only just begun. The number of more than 300,000 new infections a day exceeds the capacity of the Indian health sector. The beds are seriously overloaded. A hospital bed with dozens of people lined up for use. There was a time when hospitals in the capital New Delhi only had enough oxygen for a few hours. Cremation of the dead in India. Photo: The New York TImes. Countless Indians are on social media pleading for beds, medicine and oxygen to breathe. The cremations were red and red regardless of day and night. There were times when dozens of bodies were cremated at once. Meanwhile, India’s vaccination campaign is having problems. Only 10% of people in this country get at least one vaccine, even though India is the leading manufacturer of vaccines in the world. According to the Washington Post , the rate of people who have had two injections in India is only 1.4%. Medical experts believe that part of the cause comes from the mutant virus strain B.1.617. This is called a “double mutation” strain, which carries the mutation of two other mutant viruses. This makes B.1.617 both more contagious and more difficult to control than conventional viruses. “Cremation sites have never been so crowded” Residents of Bhopal city, Madhya Pradesh state, say cremations have never been so crowded. Bhopal officials recorded 41 deaths related to the Covid-19 outbreak in mid-April 13 days. New York Times At the city’s crematorium and cemetery for victims of Covid-19, the death toll amounted to more than 1,000 during that same period. “Many deaths have not been recorded. This number is increasing, ”said Dr. GCGautam, a cardiologist in Bhopal. According to him, the government did so because it did not want to create a wave of panic among the people. A similar situation was observed in Lucknow and Mirzapur, the main cities of Uttar Pradesh state. In the state of Gujarat, the local Sandesh newspaper pointed out that the number of deaths per day is about 610, many times higher than the 73-121 number announced by the government. The rapid increase in the number of deaths caused the cremation grounds to become crowded. Photo: The New York TImes. There are many reasons leading to this situation. Subjectively, according to epidemiologist Bhramar Mukherjee from the University of Michigan, some families do not want to have to bury their loved ones with the strict process of handling the bodies of Covid-19 patients. Objectively, some states are said to have received requests from the central government, where they have to slightly reduce the numbers from reality. In addition, even in the pre-pandemic years, only about a fifth of deaths have been forensically examined. This means that the cause of death of the majority of Indians is not recorded in official records. For his part, Mr. Suresh Bhai continued to work diligently. “Every day, my cemetery has to deal with 15-20 patients of Covid-19 who have died,” he said amid the flare of the flames. India ‘broke the game’ in the second wave of Covid-19 India is being devastated by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. In just 24 hours, the number of deaths due to the country’s pandemic reached 2,000 people and more than 300,000 new cases.

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine. (Photo: VNA broadcast) Regarding the issue of vaccine supplies of the European Union (EU), on April 18, the European Commissioner for the internal market Thierry Breton left open the possibility that the EU could decide not to continue ordering. vaccine of AstraZeneca due to a later than agreed upon delivery. The EU initially ordered 120 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine for 27 member countries in the first quarter of 2021 and 180 million doses in the second quarter of 2021. However, so far AstraZeneca has only delivered 30 million doses and is expected to have only 70 million more doses in the next quarter. Mr. Breton affirmed that there is currently no certainty and the EU is still negotiating with AstraZeneca. However, he stressed that no matter what the decision is not due to medical or epidemiological reasons, and affirms that the AstraZeneca vaccine brings more benefits than risks. U] Previously, on April 16, French Industry Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher also mentioned the possibility that the EU will not renew the contract with AstraZeneca and both. Johnson & Johnson in the year 2022. Some EU countries have stopped using the AstraZeneca vaccine due to concerns about the risk of side effects occurring thrombosis. However, most countries have resumed their AstraZeneca vaccination program after the European Drug Administration (EMA) confirmed the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.

“Accordingly, people should only have close contact with people who live with them. If they have to meet another person, it is necessary to consider that the person may be carrying a disease”, Mr. Kohler explained further.

Dr Anders Tegnell, a Swedish epidemiologist, said: “The measures taken against corona virus are completely consistent with the epidemiological situation in Uppsala district. This provision is not much different from the Swedish government’s message that requires people to practice social distance and limit communication as much as possible ”.

Swedish residents passed by a bulletin board that read: “Danger is not over. Keep your distance,” in the center of Uppsala district. Photo: AFP.

Preventive measures have been introduced in the face of increasing recognition of new Covid-19 infections.

Uppsala County found an average of 908 cases per 100,000 people in the past week, higher than the average rate of new infections across Sweden with 772 cases. “Therefore, the new rules are absolutely necessary,” said Mikael Kohler.

Uppsala District has 2 universities, Uppsala University and Swedish Agricultural Science University. “A lot of young people come and come here. This is the main reason leading to the number of new infections continuing to increase here ”, Mr. Kohler added.

Some argue that the Swedish government has been “very passive” compared to neighboring countries in fighting the epidemic since it became a worldwide pandemic.

Sweden has strengthened quarantine measures since the second outbreak in October 2020, including limiting the concentration of people in stores and in public places. However, Sweden does not require complete isolation like Great Britain or France.

On April 13, Sweden recorded an average of 587 new infections per 1 million people in the last 7 days, mainly infected with virus variants from the UK. This figure far exceeds that of other countries in Europe, including France and Poland.