Only 1.3 million people have vaccine passports, 43 million injections with incorrect information
The issuance of passports for the Covid-19 vaccine is still slow
At an online conference to thoroughly understand the “cleaning” of Covid-19 vaccination data to issue vaccine passports to people who received the Covid-19 vaccine on April 26, the Information Technology Department, Ministry of Health said, Updated to the morning of April 21, 1.3 million Vietnamese people had vaccine passports.
At the conference, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said that the results of the implementation of national population data and vaccination data have not been achieved as expected.
The whole country has injected more than 212 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine for people, but there are still 7.6 million injections that have not been updated to the software system.
There are still 43 million injections without accurate information, equivalent to those who are unable to obtain vaccine passports (Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long chaired an online meeting this morning. Photo BYT)
In addition, out of more than 73.4 million people who have a citizen ID / identity card, there are 43,491,814 injections that have been verified but have incorrect information including identification number, date of birth, full name and other information. .
With more than 8.8 million people without citizenship/national identity card or wrong identity/national identity card format, 3,364,726 injections could not be identified with the national database of residential.
According to Mr. Nguyen Ba Hung – Deputy Director of the Health Data Center, Information Technology Department: An electronic vaccine passport is an electronic certificate of Covid-19 vaccination issued to people by the Ministry of Health, using the following standards. The standard promulgated by the World Health Organization and the European Union is currently used in 62 countries and will be used by more countries in the near future.
The validity of the electronic vaccine passport is 12 months from the date of issue, this is a technical solution to ensure information safety and security. When it expires, the system will automatically generate a new QR code.
The Minister of Health emphasized that the connection of data and information authentication not only serves the Covid-19 vaccine vaccination but also has important implications in the future when accelerating the application of information technology, transforming digitally with the health sector (smart hospital, electronic medical record…). This is to create all conveniences for people in accessing medical services.
“We require that by June 1, localities must complete the update and authentication of this information. Now that people have injected, only the information remains, if it is missing or inaccurate, it must be updated again; the This commune level must be implemented under the direction of the district and provincial levels; localities must pay attention to direct this issue,” Minister Long emphasized.
The Ministry of Health requires localities to authenticate and correct this information; if it has not been synchronized with the population database, it is necessary to review any information that is not appropriate or has to be changed, it must be updated and transferred to the commune health station for updating to the vaccination system…
How do I know if I have been issued a vaccine passport or not?
Regarding regulations on data entry and signing of vaccine passports, Mr. Nguyen Ba Hung, Deputy Director of the Health Data Center, Department of Information Technology (Ministry of Health) said, for Vietnamese people, it is mandatory to use citizen identification number/national identity card. Only subjects that have been properly verified against the National Database of Populations can sign vaccine passports.
Only 1.3 million people have been granted vaccine passports. Illustration Istockphoto
For foreigners injecting in Vietnam: use passport number, no need to verify with National Population Database. The vaccination facility is responsible for accuracy.
People can look up whether they have been issued a vaccine passport or not on the PC- Covid-19 app or the electronic health book.
In the coming time, people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 but have not been granted a vaccine passport may be due to lack or incorrect information, they need to contact the vaccination facility to be supplemented, updated or reflected on the portal. Covid-19 vaccination https://tiemchungcovid19.gov.vn.
In addition, people can call the switchboard of the Ministry of Health at 19009095 to reflect or advise on issues related to vaccine passports, “said Mr. Hung.
Regarding the process of implementing “cleaning” of Covid-19 vaccine vaccination data, the working group implementing Project 06 at commune and ward levels directs health stations to make a list of permanent residents of the locality with Covid-19 vaccinations. wrong information.
Specific cases: No citizen identification number/national identity card; wrong format of citizen identification number/national identity card; Incorrect basic personal information such as citizen identification number / identity card number, full name, date of birth, gender of the injector.
The working group implementing Project 06 at the commune and ward levels assigned the village and hamlet levels to review, supplement and adjust information. The list is then transferred to the commune or ward police station to compare, verify, update and supplement information in the national population database.
Then, the commune and ward police sign and hand over the list to the health station to store, update and supplement subject information on the Covid-19 vaccination management platform. The health station updates information for subjects on the Covid-19 vaccination management platform.
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