Total force ‘dispatched’ many technological solutions to prevent Covid-19

The saving of ‘epidemiological landmarks’ with QR codes, tracing suspected infected persons by Bluezone and medical declaration on NCOVI will create a set of tools for early detection, effective localization and limit the spread of the epidemic. .
Using technology against Covid-19

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.