Abstract
Nowadays, the coronavirus pandemic has and is still causing large numbers of deaths and infected people. Although governments all over the world have taken severe measurements to slow down the virus spreading (e.g., travel restrictions, suspending all sportive, social, and economic activities, quarantines, social distancing, etc.), a lot of persons have died and a lot more are still in danger. Indeed, a recently conducted study [1] has reported that 79% of the confirmed infections in China were caused by undocumented patients who had no symptoms. In the same context, in numerous other countries, since coronavirus takes several days before the emergence of symptoms, it has also been reported that the known number of infections is not representative of the real number of infected people (the actual number is expected to be much higher). That is to say, asymptomatic patients are the main factor behind the large quick spreading of coronavirus and are also the major reason that caused governments to lose control over this critical situation. To contribute to remedying this global pandemic, in this article, we propose an IoTa investigation system that was specifically designed to spot both undocumented patients and infectious places. The goal is to help the authorities to disinfect high-contamination sites and confine persons even if they have no apparent symptoms. The proposed system also allows determining all persons who had close contact with infected or suspected patients. Consequently, rapid isolation of suspicious cases and more efficient control over any pandemic propagation can be achieved.
Highlights
In December 2019, a novel virus has emerged in Wuhan city
Since no cure or vaccine has been found and since tests cannot be applied on a large scale to millions of persons, governments had and still have no choice but to take severe actions such as border closing, travel canceling, curfews, quarantines, and contact precautions
In the remainder of this section, we describe each of these layers and provide their specific complementary tasks
Summary
In December 2019, a novel virus has emerged in Wuhan city. This disease, named coronavirus or COVID-19, has quickly spread throughout China and to the entire world. As shown, the proposed solution allows determining areas of high contamination and provides a quick detection mechanism of undocumented patients who are known to be the main and most important factor in the rapid widespread of coronavirus. VOLUME 8, 2020 persons and report their locations) This proposed solution can open large debates from the standpoint of privacy and human rights, during extreme critical situations in which the entire human race might be at stake, the urgency of saving lives becomes of higher priority.
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