Covid 19 prevention

Accordingly, the city’s Vice chairman checked the implementation of preventive measures to prevent Covid-19 at the Ehome 3 apartment building, Nam Long residential area in Binh Tan District, and My Phuc apartment building in District 8.

Visiting these places, he praised the security force’s efforts at isolation zones and reminded them to protect their health and ensure safety for residents.

In the early morning of June 18, the delegation made a surprise check at Binh Dien whosale market in District 8.

The city’s Vice chairman praised Covid-19 infection prevention and control works at Binh Dien wholesale market, such as propaganda on mask-wearing and online application for health declaration.

On the other hand, the market also installed control measures for the entry and exit of customers at all entrances, a facial recognition system, automatic infrared body temperature thermal scanners to monitor workers from remote locations, propaganda on mask-wearing and fines for those breaching Covid-19 rules.

Vice Chairman Duong Anh Duc noted that Binh Dien whosale market has a high risk of spreading virus due to the large number of visitors. He saw several people wear masks that are not in accordance with regulations.

The leader asked the market’s management board to strengthen the inspection of the imeplementation of measures and builtd a pandemic response plan for the situation that has unexpected changes.

Vice Chairman Duong Anh Duc has been previously appointed as the leader in the combat against Covid-19 in the city by the HCMC People’s Committee.

Hanoi (VNA) – Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on June 17 handed over 6.2 billion VND (270,210 USD) to the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee to support the COVID-19 vaccine fund and the fight against the ravaging pandemic.

The sum was donated by overseas Vietnamese (OVs), the Office of the Lao National Assembly, and staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

Addressing the handover ceremony, Son said that the Vietnamese community abroad always pay attention and stand ready to support compatriots at home in the fight against COVID-19 .

In addition to the aforementioned sum, OVs and close to 30 organisations and groups in the US, Canada and France, among others, have launched campaigns to support people in Vietnam, especially frontline forces, to combat the pandemic, the minister said.

As of June 16, OVs offered about 5.3 billion VND to COVID-19 prevention and control efforts and the vaccine fund.

They also have presented medical supplies to health workers and people in Vietnamese localities.

For his part, Chairman of the VFF Central Committee Do Van Chien thanked the donors and pledged to distribute the aid in a prompt, open, transparent and effective manner, with a priority to vaccination for all people.

Previously, the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Foreign Ministry handed over 200 million VND, five tonnes of rice and other necessities to Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces, the country’s current largest COVID-19 hotspots./.

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Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently highlighted technology as a spearhead in the country’s strategy to combat COVID-19.

The contribution of technology during the pandemic to prepare for recovery, reconstruction and socio-economic development is very important.

In many countries around the world, technology played an important role in re-establishing lives and economic recovery as the pandemic was brought under control.

In Vietnam, applications in medical declaration, robots and testing are promoting the power of science and technology in effective pandemic prevention and control.

Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy, who is also the head of the Quick Response Information Team under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, said that the quick response information team always updated, analysed and used monitoring information and data to assess the situation and make forecasts about pandemic developments in the world and in Vietnam.

The team also established a mechanism to monitor those on entry and in quarantine, develop response plans, build a COVID-19 safety map, and provide advice to emergency services , as well as implementing measures to help localities with the pandemic in the area.

Regarding the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in COVID-19 prevention and control, a group of scientists from the Faculty of Medicine under the HCM City National University has just announced a new study, in which AI is used to manage people in quarantine areas, hospitals, industrial parks, border gates, and crowded areas to prevent COVID-19.

The solution introduces a control system capable of detecting people who have been in close contact with COVID-19 patients who are required to be quarantined.

The monitoring system is deployed at apartment entryways, hospital gates, doors to office buildings, quarantine areas and amusement parks.

This system helps identify faces and checks the temperatures of many people at the same time.

Associate professor Pham Xuan Da, representative of the research team, said the system was very beneficial if the country had a policy of quarantining F1 contacts at home.

The number of contacts can be very high, so the quarantine centres will be a burden for the localities, from the arrangement of medical facilities to service personnel.

Therefore, the application of technology and AI was a good solution in Vietnam, said Da.

The people in the F1 and F2 categories will be entered into the system, including names, phone numbers and quarantine status.

If they go through the monitoring system, a warning is issued to firstly notify those people that they have violated the quarantine regulations, then simultaneously notify those responsible for quarantine management.

This data is also directly connected to automated reporting software to reduce human intervention.

According to the research team, this system also helps to detect high-risk cases that are not under surveillance but show signs of fever.

In addition, the application will present statistics every hour about temperature measurements of people in the area, which is the basis for determining the risk of people infected with COVID-19.

In particular, in quarantine areas, this system will minimise direct contact between medical staff and quarantined people thanks to the automatic temperature measurement feature, which is an effective solution in terms of saving time, manpower and costs.

BKAV Group – an enterprise operating in the fields of cybersecurity and software – has developed the Bluezone application, which is playing an important role in tracing COVID-19 patients.

Businesses with extensive experience in turning research results into commercial products in the spirit of “fighting the pandemic like fighting the enemy” have worked on many scientific and technological products and projects such as diagnostic kits and vaccine research.

The medical robot system in quarantine areas has been put into operation to replace medical workers to transport food, medicine, necessities, and garbage collection. They serve patients and can especially support visits and examination, minimising contact between people./.

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