Artificial intelligence technology effectively supports the prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic
After nearly two years of the Covid-19 outbreak, artificial intelligence (AI) technology plays an important role, helping to reduce the burden on medical staffs and epidemic prevention and control forces through practical applications.
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Artificial intelligence technology has greatly supported the Covid-19 Rapid Response Information Team in tracing infections. Photo: Workers
According to the Department of High Technology (Ministry of Science and Technology), right from the early days of the Covid-19 outbreak, software using artificial intelligence has the function of early detection, warning, zoning, epidemic suppression as well as detection of illegal border crossings have been developed, perfected and put into widespread use.
In particular, the most effective and closest is the Bluezone software that has been effective in the fight against Covid-19. Almost immediately, the authorities implemented the simplified online medical declaration procedure in all circumstances, so that the people could not complete the process because of the complicated and unfavourable process for people's health declaration.
The information technology system manages the people on entry, those subject to isolation from entering the concentrated isolation area, handing over, going on the road, received by the local authorities when they return to their places of residence to continue to follow. Medical monitoring is always updated with real-time data.
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy, Head of the Quick Response Information Team of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, said that as soon as the new epidemic appeared, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam directed researched technological solutions and assigned the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Science and Technology and experts to implement each solution patiently.
The information team consists of members, volunteers, information technology experts, voluntarily participating from the early days of Covid-19 prevention and control, from tracing, building a Covid safety system (antoancovid.vn). ), to coordinate in making medical declarations in epidemic areas, assessing disease risk in localities. In particular, scientists from the Working Group have researched technological solutions and launched products that apply AI technology, which are considered to be effective support for the epidemic prevention and control team.
AI also assists in contact tracing, which has been effective when there is an outbreak or new infection in the community, helping the medical team to investigate the schedule, get epidemiological information. Especially, when the number of infections in the community is large, inputting data from paper declarations takes a long time and is easy to confuse. Image-to-text technology with the support of AI has helped digitize all declarations, epidemiological questionnaires and upload to the system.
When the epidemic became more complicated, AI was present in isolation areas and hospitals with automatic robots to help disinfect, deliver, and give medicine to patients.
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