Hanoi launches GPS isolation monitoring application, integrating online maps showing areas where people suspected of COVID-19 infection

In the context of a complicated COVID-19 epidemic, surveillance of suspected or isolated individuals at home is particularly important. A number of countries, such as China, Taiwan and South Korea, have all used technology solutions to support the management of isolation cases.

Most recently, the Informatics Center under the Office of the Hanoi People's Committee has introduced an application to help manage, monitor the development of the Covid-19 epidemic and monitor cases subject to isolation.

Called Hanoi SmartCity, the application was developed by a group of IT engineers of the city within 2 weeks, with the support of a number of information technology experts.

With regulatory agencies, Hanoi SmartCity will be an 'extended arm', providing effective assistance in monitoring Covid-19 infected people and those required to be concentrated in isolation at health facilities, home isolation. / shelters and people who have recovered from illness should continue medical follow-up.

Accordingly, all cases related to Covid-19 are required to install the application on. The management will be done through the global positioning feature GPS available on all smartphones today. Via GPS, the application sends the location of Covid-19-related cases to the central operating system, enabling the city government to manage isolated locations.

Especially, after installing the software, the supervised person is only allowed to move within a maximum radius of 30m (from the quarantine place). In the event that the aforementioned subjects do not comply with the regulations (such as leaving the quarantine area), the application will continuously record the moving location, and automatically send a notification message to supervising managers at localities and family members to ensure timely prevention.

Not only is it an effective support tool for the authorities, the Hanoi SmartCity application is also particularly useful to the majority of people . Infections (F0) or isolated cases (F1, F2, F3) will be updated in real time and located on digital map basis . Thanks to this feature, people can know exactly where there are people with COVID-19 or where there are people in isolation, thereby proactively preventing themselves and their families.

In addition to the aforementioned features, people can also provide information to support the health sector to ensure proactive prevention through the health reporting and reporting function of suspected people. The latest information on the disease situation such as new cases will also be updated accurately on the Hanoi SmartCity application.

According to the representative of the development team, the Hanoi SmartCity app supports Android and iOS operating systems, compatible with popular smartphones on the market . Currently, the application is available on both CH Play and App Store app markets. People can immediately download and use it for free.