Abstract
We have been faced with an unprecedented challenge in combating the COVID-19/SARS-CoV2 outbreak that is threatening the fabric of our civilization, causing catastrophic human losses and a tremendous economic burden globally. During this difficult time, there has been an urgent need for biomedical engineers, clinicians, and healthcare industry leaders to work together to develop novel diagnostics and treatments to fight the pandemic including the development of portable, rapidly deployable, and affordable diagnostic testing kits, personal protective equipment, mechanical ventilators, vaccines, and data analysis and modeling tools. In this position paper, we address the urgent need to bring these inventions into clinical practices. This paper highlights and summarizes the discussions and new technologies in COVID-19 healthcare, screening, tracing, and treatment-related presentations made at the IEEE EMBS Public Forum on COVID-19. The paper also provides recent studies, statistics and data and new perspectives on ongoing and future challenges pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2), and the associated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have greatly impacted our lives
The forum featured plenary talks from clinicians on the front lines of pandemic care, industry experts, entrepreneurs, and academic researchers from leading universities and policy makers. These talks were followed by a question and answer (Q&A) session led by the chairs of the organizing committee; both the plenary talks and the panel discussed current and future challenges in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has broadly impacted all segments of health care and society since the first reports of viral outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019.The global effort to contain and mitigate the virus has been modestly successful with the availability and world-wide deployment of multiple COVID-19 vaccines
Summary
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2), and the associated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have greatly impacted our lives. This pandemic has revealed how our healthcare system was not prepared for this major challenge, especially with respect to treatment, rapid diagnosis and tracking, as well as limited hospital equipment, staff members, and resources. COVID-19 may become one of the deadliest pandemics of the 21st century and continues to strain resources available to healthcare workers, and the general public, despite the increasing number of individuals vaccinated against the virus
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