HOW Technology has been used to reduce Covid-19.

How can you use Technology to reduce Covid-19?

Technology; is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in health care for this case.

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus.

Covid-19 has a high transmissibility and there is no effective vaccine. It’s now a global pandemic. Governments can control it by early surveillance, testing, contact tracing and quarantine.

Clinical management AI: 

A cloud-based AI-assisted CT service detects COVID-19 pneumonia cases in China. This technology processes CT images in seconds, differentiating COVID-19 from other lung diseases and speeding up the diagnostic process substantially. An open-source deep convolutional neural network design available to clinicians across the globe, can quickly detect COVID-19 cases from other lung diseases on chest x-rays. These prediction models can guide clinical decision-making and resource allocation, identifying regions and hospitals in need of critical care resources and medical supplies.

Finding Drugs.

When a new pandemic strikes, the first question on everybody’s mind is if there’s a drug to cure it or vaccine to prevent it. The world is looking for ways to slow the spread of the covid-19 and treatment. Technology is making the process faster. AI is playing important role in suggesting components of a vaccine by understanding viral protein structures, and helping medical researchers to publish relevant research papers at an unprecedented pace. In January, Google DeepMind introduced AlphaFold, a cutting-edge system that predicts the 3D structure of a protein based on its genetic sequence. The University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of Health used a popular biology technique to create the first 3D atomic scale map of the part of the virus that attaches to and infects human cells—the spike protein.

Increasing transparency sharing data

Communication and messaging is critical to make sure the population is informed and reminded to use appropriate precautions. Technologies like mobile, AI, ML and more are used to control covid-19.

Tracking people with facial recognition and big data

In case of pandemic management, big data analytics can help in quickly identifying infected individuals, connect with them, track who they have come in contact with, and so on.

Facial recognition technologies along with data can accurately identify people even if they are masked. Such technologies can help in monitoring movement and tracking of people who are quarantined. It can also help in keeping a tab on people and ascertaining whether or not they have been in contact with an infected person. CCTV cameras along with facial recognition technologies can help in identifying infected people who break the rules and step out despite being quarantined.

Contact-less movement and deliveries through autonomous vehicles, drones and robots;

Self-driving cars, drones, robots can all help at a time when the need is to avoid human contact. Autonomous vehicles can be used to transport affected people to and from healthcare facilities with ease, without risking the lives of healthy people. Robots can be used for delivering grocery, cooking means, sterilizing hospitals and patrolling the streets. Drones can be used for food deliveries, tracking population, carrying test kits and medicines to quarantine locations, thermal imaging to identify infected people, spraying disinfectant, and more. Many new areas and use cases are coming up where drones, robots and autonomous vehicles are being used.

Technology supported temperature monitoring;

The wireless thermometer guns and other similar infrared body temperature measuring devices have become the most important medical equipment that are being used at checkpoints of offices, airports, hotels, hospitals, train stations, shops, and other public places. These technologies assist in measuring the body temperature from a distance and turn out to be effective in pinpointing the individuals who might need further investigation. Automated thermal monitoring along with facial recognition is making the process faster and more effective.

Remote working technologies.

As pandemics or other calamities keep threatening the business world, working from home ensures business continuity as well as facilitates social distancing. In such a scenario, technologies that enable secure access to data, enterprise applications, virtual meetings, cloud conferencing, and virtual/mixed/augmented reality are the forefront leaders to ensure deliverables are not impacted. Remote working is a blessing that comes due to technology and is of one the greatest solution that helps us in social distancing.

conclusion:

Technology has been used in several ways to prevent people and animals from being infected by the deadly disease and also application of treatment. ICT has made most of the activities of the world to be scientific or example; weddings, burials, schools and others. technology has tried to reduce the spread of Covid-19 by applying the above ways. 

YUMA ERICK , MCS,  2020-01-01131.

References;

https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/next-gen-technologies/covid-19-8-ways-in-which-technology-helps-pandemic-management/75139759