Mobile Technology Solution for COVID-19: Surveillance and Prevention

Abstract

The twenty-first century, a century would be known for profound technological advancements and unfortunately also for a global economic and health crisis due to SARS-CoV2, the causal organism of respiratory syndrome COVID-19. Due to the huge crisis in every sector, ‘Technological or Digital way’ is the brightest hope to fight this pandemic. Analysis of the data obtained from the past few infectious months, the spread is more likely to become a seasonal threat to mankind. As an effort to level up the technology and other associated aspects, various researchers and developers are developing mobile applications and mobile controllable devices to provide quality information which can help in flattening the curve of this pandemic. Practically, it becomes a great method to prevent close contacts with diseased individuals by providing virtual visits and through robotic technologies. In the current chapter, the technological background of computational intelligence-controlled smartphone applications for monitoring an individual’s health and tracking the geographical spread of the virus, along with the research scope and data security concerned with these applications have been discussed. This could help the government to understand the potential risk circumstances towards early exposure and timely medical intervention to prevent it from further spread to other regions.