Previously, on February 24, more than 117,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine were first produced by the British AstraZeneca Company, and imported by the Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) under the permission of the Ministry of Health. present in Vietnam. Next, on April 1, 811,200, the first Covid-19 vaccine dose of the Covax Facility program through UNICEF arrived in Vietnam. By the end of May 12, the whole country had 62 provinces and cities completed the vaccination of Covid-19 with 942,030 injections of Covid-19 vaccine of AstraZeneca for people who are health workers. are directly treating Covid-19 patients, medical staff perform tasks such as sampling, testing, tracing, members of Covid-19 community groups, steering committee for epidemic prevention all levels, police forces, the army according to the Resolution 21 / NQ-CP of the Government dated February 26, 2021. 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.

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 …

Scenes of the meeting of the Steering Committee for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 in An Giang province. (Photo: Thanh Sang / VNA)

After recording 2 cases of illegal entry from Cambodia to Vietnam through Long Binh international border gate positive for SARS-CoV-2 (BN2746 and 2747), on April 15, the Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of the COVID-19 epidemic in An Giang province discussed measures to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic in the face of complicated epidemics on the other side of the border.

The quick report of the Medical Center of An Phu district, An Giang province shows that the survey results have a total of 11 cases of close contact with the two above patients. In all these cases, when in close contact, they wore a mask, sat at a distance of more than 2m and the medical staff wore protective gear.

The An Phu district health center also recorded 141 cases of F2.

Currently, F1 cases have been quarantined by the Quick Response Team of An Phu district, An Giang province in coordination with the medical center of Khanh An commune and Long Binh town to immediately quarantine and take samples for COVID-19 testing according to regulations. .

Director of An Giang Disease Control Center Pham Thanh Tam suggested conducting spraying and disinfection of vehicles carrying objects, Long Binh Border Guard Post, medical quarantine station and accommodation room of the case suspected COVID-19 infection.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of An Giang province Nguyen Thanh Binh highly appreciated the functional forces of An Phu district for promptly quarantining, locating and tracking in time cases of close contact with nearly 2 cases of COVID-19; require the provincial health sector to speed up construction Field hospital in Chau Thanh district to well serve the work of isolation and treatment; avoid cross-contamination in health facilities.

The Department of Health must have timely support to the An Phu District Medical Center in terms of equipment and experience in treating COVID-19 disease …

The Chairman of the People’s Committee of An Giang province also asked the border guards to assume the prime responsibility for, together with the military and police forces, to build a backup force, ready to replace the frontline force to ensure good defense. COVID-19 epidemic prevention, in which border forces are the core and communes, wards, border districts need to focus on building a volunteer force to jointly prevent and fight epidemics …

On the afternoon of April 15, the police of Hon Quan district, Binh Phuoc province handed over a smuggler, contacted people who illegally entered from Cambodia to Vietnam to quarantine the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control medicine. regulations.

Previously, Hon Quan district police coordinated with Traffic Police Division, Department of Economic Police Department of Binh Phuoc province to patrol and control anti-smuggling on Highway 13.

Arriving in Thanh Binh commune, Hon Quan district, the competent force detects that the car 51A-087.95 has suspicious signs, so stop the vehicle to conduct administrative inspection according to regulations.

Over inspection, the competent force discovered that the vehicle had transported 6,500 packs of cigarettes with the JET and HERO brands. Subject claimed the name Duong Hoang Nhan (51 years old, living in Ward 12, Vung Tau city, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province).

Duong Hoang Nhan claimed to control a car from Ho Chi Minh City border area Cambodia and Vietnam (in Bu Dop district, Binh Phuoc province) buy smuggled cigarettes and sell for profit. Here, Nhan came into contact with smuggled tobacco transporters from Cambodia to Vietnam.

Facing the complicated development of the COVID-19 epidemic in Cambodia, Hon Quan district police handed over the object of Duong Hoang Nhan to the Steering Committee of COVID-19 epidemic control in Hon Quan district for medical isolation according to regulations. ; at the same time, to coordinate with the health sector in tracing and spraying disinfectants of goods, means of transport, and places where the subjects went.

The case is being investigated and handled by Hon Quan district police in accordance with law./.