Tracing application Covid-19 Bluezone has nearly 32 million downloads

The number of users downloading Bluezone applications increased sharply, reaching 32 million, an increase of more than 1.3 million compared to the time when Covid-19 was back to Vietnam for the 4th time …

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 …