DaNang (VNA) – The Department of Information and Communications ofcentral Da Nang city said on August 6 that it has piloted a database onCOVID-19 patients.
Thedatabase, available at www.opendata.danang.gov.vn or https://congdulieu.vn, will enable usersto access information about COVID-19 patients, links among them and places theyhad visited.
Thedatabase will make it easier for management agencies and the health sector to sortpatients on the basis of their residence, gender and age, as well as theirmedical history.
Earlier, theAuthority of Information Technology Application at the Ministry of Informationand Communications (MIC) has suggested those with smartphones downloadBluezone, a Bluetooth-based app that helps determine if a person has come incontact with a COVID-19 patient.
The contracttracing app, developed by tech firm Bkav, uses Bluetooth Low Energy, a wirelesspersonal area network technology, to link with smartphones within a two-meterdistance.
If a user is positive for SARS-CoV-2 (known asperson F0), health authorities can identify those who had close contact with thatperson (known as F1), and the system will alert them about the risk ofinfection.
They will bealso provided with instructions on contacting health authorities forassistance./.