Managing COVID-19 Global Pandemic with High-Tech Consumer Wearables: A Comprehensive Review

Abstract

The novel corona virus (COVID-19) created a havoc all around the globe without any prediction of its eradication. All the previous methods seemed to fail and exceptional considerations are now required to be deployed in order to deal with this pandemic. The aim of this retrospective study is to highlight the new solutions to manage and deal with the pandemic. This study discusses different e-health wearable devices that help in early diagnosis of COVID-19 symptoms and also presents an overview of some artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques applied on CT-scan or Chest X-ray images to refine the correct diagnosis of patients. Finally, this work addresses the importance of smart chat-bots that provides assistance to the people suffering from stress and anxiety during quarantine. These chat-bots can offer psychological therapies in isolation and can be very useful.