Abstract
As a result of the worldwide transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has evolved into an unprecedented pandemic. Currently, with unavailable pharmaceutical treatments and low vaccination rates, this novel coronavirus results in a great impact on public health, human society, and global economy, which is likely to last for many years. One of the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is that a long-term system with non-pharmaceutical interventions for preventing and controlling new infectious diseases is desirable to be implemented. Internet of things (IoT) platform is preferred to be utilized to achieve this goal, due to its ubiquitous sensing ability and seamless connectivity. IoT technology is changing our lives through smart healthcare, smart home, and smart city, which aims to build a more convenient and intelligent community. This paper presents how the IoT could be incorporated into the epidemic prevention and control system. Specifically, we demonstrate a potential fog-cloud combined IoT platform that can be used in the systematic and intelligent COVID-19 prevention and control, which involves five interventions including COVID-19 Symptom Diagnosis, Quarantine Monitoring, Contact Tracing & Social Distancing, COVID-19 Outbreak Forecasting, and SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Tracking. We investigate and review the state-of-the-art literatures of these five interventions to present the capabilities of IoT in countering against the current COVID-19 pandemic or future infectious disease epidemics.
Highlights
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a human infectious illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) [1]
The spreading control of COVID-19 mainly depends on the duration of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and the non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) [4], such as contact tracing, quarantine, and social distancing
We review an intelligent Internet of things (IoT)-based platform for COVID-19 prevention and control that can be used in both the COVID-19 pandemic and post-pandemic periods
Summary
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a human infectious illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) [1]. The spreading control of COVID-19 mainly depends on the duration of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and the non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) [4], such as contact tracing, quarantine, and social distancing. Based on the prediction from Harvard Public Health School [4], the COVID-19 outbreaks would occur recurrently and regularly if the immunity to SARS-CoV-2 is not permanent. We review an intelligent IoT-based platform for COVID-19 prevention and control that can be used in both the COVID-19 pandemic and post-pandemic periods This IoT platform involves three NPIs including COVID-19 Symptom Diagnosis, Quarantine Monitoring, and Contact Tracing & Social Distancing in a fog layer. Another two NPIs are implemented in the IoT platform, including COVID-19 Outbreak Forecasting and SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Tracking.
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