July 16, 2021
In this Jan. 23, 2021 file photo, a woman wearing face mask looks at her phone in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Credit: AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File
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“Digital tools have been developed quickly to join the national fight against the COVID-19 pandemic; governmental agencies, businesses, and people have actively utilized and promoted the application of ICT in all aspects of socioeconomic life […] This is a catalyst for national digital transformation,” former Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc declared at a meeting of the National Commission on E-government on March 10, 2021.
Yet our experiences suggest a different picture. Coming into Vietnam from abroad, Truong Thuy Quynh had high hopes of experiencing digitized COVID-19 prevention processes. She was quickly hit hard by the reality: an error-ridden health declaration website, time-consuming paperwork, 100 percent manual medical screening, and mostly in-person communications. The situation was no better for Pham Thi Thu
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07/07/2021 10:08 GMT+7
To prevent overloading at centralized quarantine facilities, the Ministry of Health has allowed people categorized as F1 cases (having close contact with Covid-19 patients) to be under home quarantine.
Previously, all people who were F1 cases were isolated at concentrated quarantine centers.
Smart bracelets will be under trial use in Ho Chi Minh City to monitor those under home quarantine. Photo: SGGP
According to the guidance of the Ministry of Health, F1 cases are eligible for home quarantine if they stay in separate houses such as villas and townhouses. There must be a warning sign with red background and yellow letters in front of the door: Quarantine place to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic”. The home quarantine period is 28 days.
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07/07/2021 11:48 GMT+7
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has developed a response plan for a scenario in which the number of COVID-19 patients reaches 10,000 – 15,000, including 500 severe cases.
Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)
The city plans to add more hospital beds and designate the Thu Duc Hospital for COVID-19 Treatment in Thu Duc as a medical facility providing intensive care for patients in critical conditions. Some 50 – 100 ICU beds will be added to Cho Ray Hospital, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCM City, and Pham Ngoc Thach, Trung Vuong and Thu Duc Hospitals for COVID-19 treatment.
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