How technology is helping in prevention of COVID-19

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The sudden appearance and spread of coronavirus, which is now called COVID-19, reminds us the power of disease. At this age of technologies when reaching planets is possible and cosmos seems to in hand, humanity still cannot control the plague. Plague from time to time emerges and crashes the societies, cultures, and economies, and it is happening right now at the age of information.

Big Data and the internet


The growth of connectivity and with it the unlimited data of information has helped scientists to trace the spread of disease, giving vulnerable populations vital information about the spread. Facebook has created maps that display population density, demographics, and travel pattern which helped the authorities to send supplies and how to mitigate an outbreak. Similarly, Facebook, Twitter, and Google are working on to stop the spread of misinformation about coronavirus and directing the audience to verified platforms like WHO and CDC. Software houses are also donating the demographic data in the cause of awareness of coronavirus.

Software to rescue

 (AI) Artificial intelligence is also playing a vital role in health care. BlueDot, a Canadian company, has created an artificial intelligence scanner to translate more than 100,000 articles about coronavirus in different languages to spread info in 65 different countries. it was so effective that it alerted the users about coronavirus before CDCP and WHO. Health apps with chatbots are also using artificial intelligence to screen the feverish and coughing people and guide them on whether they should be evaluated.


Startups are also investing their time in raising awareness about coronavirus. Metabiota, health tech company, providing early and certain analyses of corona outbreak in different countries like Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, predicting it one week before it was reported in their boundaries.

Blockchain innovation is helping streamline medical supply chain, it is making sure patients and doctors have access to tools they need when they need it.

Robots to rescue 

Chinese have developed different automated products to deliver contactless deliveries, anti-infectious spray, and performing a basic diagnostic function, in order to minimize cross-infection.


Pudu technology, which makes catering robots, has reportedly installed different robots in medical facilities to help doctors in treating patients with zero-percent chance of cross-infection.

 MicroMultiCopter which develops drones. has made specialized drones for transporting medical samples and conduct thermal imaging.

AliBaba, an e-commerce giant, claims they have developed an AI-powered diagnostic that can identify corona-virus with 96% accuracy.

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