The command centre for COVID-19 prevention and control of Mong Cai city in Quang Ninh province (Source: VNA)Secretary of the Quang NinhParty Committee Nguyen Xuan Ky, who is also head of the provincial steeringcommittee for COVID-19 prevention and control, has asked the departments ofhealth and public security, along with localities, to standardise data andensure smooth connection and integration of information.
Moving to enhance its ITdeployment capacity in the pandemic fight, Quang Ninh is considering the trialapplication of artificial intelligence (AI) at the checkpoint on Bach Dang bridgeand will expand this model if it proves effective. It is also boosting the useof QR codes at agencies, businesses, and stores, and requests visitors to thoseplaces to scan QR codes in order to serve contact tracing.
Efforts are being made from provincialto grassroots levels to carry out integration and application solutions on thebasis of the national population database, which is useful to not only thebuilding of an e-administration, digital economy, and digital society, but alsothe fight against COVID-19.
Established on September 1, theQuang Ninh command centre for COVID-19 prevention and control is based at theheadquarters of the provincial People’s Committee and uses the existinginfrastructure of the local smart city operation centre. It is connected with13 command centres at the district level and 177 others at the communal level.
Via the camera system, it hasdiscovered wrongdoings in the implementation of anti-pandemic regulations atseveral checkpoints while entry and exit procedures for people were handled there,helping to make rectification in a timely manner.
Many activities of theprovincial command centre have been integrated such as reading and submittingreports, issuing directions, managing documents and tasks, conveningteleconferences, and receiving and replying to people and businesses’ opinions.Thanks to that, it has managed to gain a panorama as well as precise andcontinuous updates on the pandemic situation, keep contact with all-levelcentres around the clock, and make swift decisions to serve the COVID-19 fight.
In addition, the provincialcommand centre set up two hotlines, 0203.223.588and 0869.9199.588, available in four foreign languages (English, Japanese,Korean, and Chinese) to receive information about the pandemic. The hotlineshandles around 80 - 100 calls per day most of which ask for details aboutconditions for exiting and entering the province, quarantine procedures, and thevaccination policy.
Besides, thecentre has advised the provincial People’s Committee on anti-pandemic measureswhen socio-economic activities are resumed, along with COVID-19 vaccination forforeigners living in Quang Ninh. It has also directed, examined, and promotedthe implementation of measures against COVID-19 in the province.
By takingearly actions from the grassroots level and prioritising pandemic prevention,Quang Ninh has succeeded in surmounting different waves of coronavirus infections.
So far, ithas stayed free of community transmission of the coronavirus for more than 100days and basically completed administering the first dose of COVID-19 vaccineto all eligible residents.
Theprovincial administration has issued a plan to give the second doses, lookingto finish the vaccination by October 30.
Authoritiesare also taking strong actions to prevent the virus from entering the provinceso as to keep the local situation stable in the “new normal”.
In 2021,Quang Ninh eyes a growth rate of 10 percent in the gross regional domesticproduct (GRDP) and more than 51 trillion VND (over 2.2 billion USD) in Statebudget revenue, thereby achieving the twin targets of curbing COVID-19 andboosting socio-economic development.
Its GRDPincreased 8.6 percent in the first nine months of this year, higher than thenation’s average level./.
VNA
