Quarantine checkpoints can be registered on NCOVI app (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The voluntary health declaration app
NCOVI has been updated with a new feature on mobile phone that allows creating
QR code for registering Quarantine Checkpoints, said the Authority of
Information Technology Application (AITA) under the Ministry of Information and
Communications on April 22.
Accordingly, instead of registering a quarantine checkpoint on
the website https://check.ncovi.vn, the process can be implemented on the NCOVI
application on mobile phones in a quicker and easier way.
The application will create a QR code for a registered
quarantine checkpoint, which can be printed out. People who enter and exit a
quarantine checkpoint can scan the QR code of the checkpoint by using the app
on their mobile phones to report their health status.
With this new feature, any places, such as a pharmacy, hospital,
school, office or building can register as a quarantine checkpoint easily.
According to the AITA, multiple checkpoints should be
established as social distancing order is loosened. They will help screen
health status of those entering and exiting the place, and see if they are at
risk for infection with COVID-19 virus.
NCOVI is a health reporting application developed by the Vietnam
Posts and Telecommunications Groups and partners. It was put into use in early
March 2020 as part of efforts to fight the COVID-19 epidemic.
According to the AITA, as of April 22, more than 6.8 million
downloads of the app were reported. Over 14.9 million voluntary health
declarations have been filled out on the app, and 4.2 million QR code scans
have been made.
Data collected through the app will enable the health sector to
learn about cases in need of medical support in the fastest and most effective
manner.
As of April 23 morning, a total of 268 people have contracted
the novel coronavirus with 223 patients making full
recovery. The first case was detected three months ago.
There have been no new cases detected in
Vietnam for the past week.
As many as 68,081 people have been quarantined across the country, including
369 at hospitals, 18,600 at concentrated quarantine sites and 49,112 others at
home./.
Source: VietnamPlus
