The Bluezone application is playing an important role in tracing COVID-19 patients (Photo: VNA) 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 inre-establishing lives and economic recovery as the pandemic was brought undercontrol.
In Vietnam, applications in medical declaration, robots and testing arepromoting the power of science and technology in effective pandemic preventionand control.
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy, who is also the head ofthe Quick Response Information Team under the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control, said that the quick response information teamalways updated, analysed and used monitoring information and data to assess thesituation and make forecasts about pandemic developments in the world and inVietnam.
The team also established a mechanism to monitor those on entry and inquarantine, develop response plans, build a COVID-19 safety map, and provideadvice to emergency services, as well as implementing measures to helplocalities with the pandemic in the area.
Regarding the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in COVID-19prevention and control, a group of scientists from the Faculty of Medicine underthe HCM City National University has just announced a new study, in which AI isused to manage people in quarantine areas, hospitals, industrial parks, bordergates, and crowded areas to prevent COVID-19.
The solution introduces a control system capable of detecting people who havebeen in close contact with COVID-19 patients who are required to bequarantined.
The monitoring system is deployed at apartment entryways, hospital gates, doorsto office buildings, quarantine areas and amusement parks.
This system helps identify faces and checks the temperatures of many people atthe same time.
Associate professor Pham Xuan Da, representative of the research team, said thesystem was very beneficial if the country had a policy of quarantining F1contacts at home.
The number of contacts can be very high, so the quarantine centres will be aburden for the localities, from the arrangement of medical facilities toservice 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 notifythose people that they have violated the quarantine regulations, thensimultaneously notify those responsible for quarantine management.
This data is also directly connected to automated reporting software to reducehuman intervention.
According to the research team, this system also helps to detect high-riskcases that are not under surveillance but show signs of fever.
In addition, the application will present statistics every hour abouttemperature measurements of people in the area, which is the basis fordetermining the risk of people infected with COVID-19.
In particular, in quarantine areas, this system will minimise direct contactbetween medical staff and quarantined people thanks to the automatictemperature measurement feature, which is an effective solution in terms ofsaving time, manpower and costs.
BKAV Group – an enterprise operating in the fields of cybersecurity andsoftware – has developed the Bluezone application, which is playing animportant role in tracing COVID-19 patients.
Businesses with extensive experience in turning research results intocommercial products in the spirit of "fighting the pandemic like fightingthe enemy" have worked on many scientific and technological products andprojects such as diagnostic kits and vaccine research.
The medical robot system in quarantine areas has been put into operation toreplace medical workers to transport food, medicine, necessities, and garbagecollection. They serve patients and can especially support visits andexamination, minimising contact between people./.
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