Viewed as highly important for COVID-19 prevention and control, the softwarehelps manage people entering Vietnam from when they fill in health declarationsto the time they are under quarantine or exit the country.
It helps intensify the monitoring of those in quarantine by conducting randomchecks via an automated phone system. It also assists the National SteeringCommittee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in knowing their movements inVietnam.
After filling in health declarations, each person entering the country will begiven an access code and QR code. While the access code is for updating theirinformation on the Vietnam Health Declaration app on smartphones, the QR codecan be used at ports of entry and quarantine facilities or shown toauthorities.
As of the morning of January 29, Vietnam’s COVID-19 tally stood at 1,651,including 786 cases of community transmission. Some 1,430 patients haverecovered while the number of fatalities is still at 35./.
VNA