Technologies Driven Strategies and Corona Virus
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Technologies Driven Strategies and Corona Virus: Lessons for Future Compiled By: Dharati Dholariya Assistant Professor School of information Technology and Cyber Security Raksha Shakti University Lavad,Gandhinagar List of Articles: 1) Technology As a Helping Hands during Corona Pandemic Author: Ms.Dhara Shah,M.Tech-II,SITCS 2) China’s Technological Fight against Corona Author : Ms. Shivangi Mehta,M.Tech-II,SITCS 3) Various Technologies used by Emerging Startup for analysis,Diagnosis and research related to Corona. Author : Mr.Himanshu Prajapati,B.Tech-VI,SITCS 4) CORONA: Comparison between Steps Taken by Different Countries and Its Effect Author : Ms. Mayuri panchal,M.Tech-II,SITCS 5) Role of Doctors in the lock down situation Author : Mr. Rushi Mamotra,M.Tech-II,SITCS 6) Lessons on COVID-19 pandemic Author : Mr. Hardik Varma,B.Tech-VI,SITCS 1 Technology – As a Helping Hands during Corona Pandemic Author: Ms.Dhara Shah,M.Tech-II,SITCS Today, sitting under the roof at my home due to lockdown while holding video-conferencing sessions and virtual house parties with long-lost friends, a sudden thought that struck my mind was: what if this happened in 2000 before the smartphone era started? Many of the digital tools that we are using to keep ourselves connected to others did not exist back then or were available to only a few. But the connectivity that we have today gives us ammunition to fight this pandemic in the ways that we never thought can be done before. Smartphone apps, data analytics, and artificial intelligence all are here to find and treat people with an infectious disease far more efficiently. 2 Ever since the coronavirus outbreak in India, the government authorities have taken several steps across India to curb the spread and make residents aware of the COVID-19 virus. With several initiatives at the place, it can be confusing for someone as to where to look for the right information and what services can be used easily. So, here is a compilation of some of the COVID-19 tech-based services launched by the government of India and other authorities or companies in the past few weeks. Dashboards: 3 World Health Organization’s Situation Dashboard provides the latest updates on the novel coronavirus outbreak. These include updated numbers of infected people, deaths, affected countries and other related data regarding the COVID-19 outbreak. There are many map tracking tools and apart from viewing, locating and reaching the nearest testing lab, MapmyIndia’s COVID-19 live Dashboard provides information about isolation and treatment facilities by government and private players. Apart from obtaining critical information, users can also add photos and post a review of a testing center based on the amenities available and hygiene. The app also provides COVID-19 live Dashboard which gives latest updates on the spread and mitigation of Coronavirus in India — confirmed cases and number of patients recovered, government-authorized testing/treatment facilities across India and much more. 4 Chatbots: The world’s largest instant messenger tied up with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to make a chatbot service that answers user's questions on COVID-19. The Indian government has also set up a chatbot that is created by Reliance Jio-backed Haptik Technologies called MyGov Corona Helpdesk, which works through WhatsApp to provide verified information to users in India. 5 It includes symptom checks, preventive measures, myth busters, health and travel advisories, official government helplines, links to public health resources, and more. Drones: 6 Drones have the ability to play a key role in combating the coronavirus. Drone startups in India are working alongside authorities providing services such as disinfecting contaminated areas, managing crowds and delivering medical supplies. Corona Cavach: 7 This location-based app by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is in beta and is listed on the Google Play Store. The app uses your phone's GPS location to track the user and check if they’ve come in contact with a COVID-19 positive person. Aarogya Setu: 8 Aarogya Setu is a mobile application developed by the Government of India to connect essential health services with the people of India in our combined fight against COVID-19. It is aimed at augmenting the initiatives of the Government of India, particularly the Department of Health, in proactively reaching out and informing the users of the app regarding risks, best practices and relevant advisories on COVID-19. Flipkart, Zomato and others are operating in India Talking about services, E-commerce firms such as Amazon, Grofers, Flipkart, Bigbasket and others are operating in their Fastrack mode. Although you may not get the non-essential items, the basic food items are available with most of them. One can order food from Zomato, Swiggy or use services like Dunzo during these times 9 Social Media as a good partner! Nowadays, Social media is one of the best ways to share news, especially if you are trying to alert people of something serious in a quick manner. Whether it is COVID-19 news from various states or news on a national scope. The news of how the number of people got affected by the virus made people aware of the situation that has been constantly deteriorating the sense of normalcy across the nation. 10 China’s Technological Fight against Corona Author : Ms. Shivangi Mehta,M.Tech-II,SITCS Like any new search, today when I searched for COVID-19 on google, the screen splashed out with a red alert of Coronavirus Disease. The disease that originated from China caused a respiratory illness with symptoms such as a cough, fever, and in more severe cases, difficulty in breathing to lots of people worldwide. You can protect yourself only by washing your hands frequently, avoiding touching your face and close contact with unwell people. Here the jargon Quarantine became the centre of public attention. 11 As China institutes the largest quarantine in human history, locking down more than 50 million people in the country, those who have recently been to Wuhan are being tracked, monitored, turned away from hotels and placed into isolation at their homes The lists of hundreds of people from Wuhan are circulated containing sensitive personal information including addresses, phone numbers, national ID numbers, dates of birth and occupations. 12 People in China were using mobile phone apps to follow and perhaps help to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Chinese government along with the country’s two technology giants Alibaba Group and WeChat rushed to fight against the pandemic. They created color-based systems that record the health of individuals and identify carriers of the coronavirus. Individuals are asked to report recent travel outside the city, as 13 well as symptoms of flu, such as high body temperature or strong cough. After completing the questionnaire, users receive a mobile phone message that includes a color-based QR code related to the health condition they described. Users with a red code are told to quarantine themselves for 14 days and continue reporting their condition by using Alibaba's DingTalk messaging app. Users with a yellow code are told to stay in quarantine for seven days, while those with a green code can travel freely.Alibaba 14 also built an AI-powered diagnosis system and claimed 96% accuracy at diagnosing the virus in seconds. Mobile networks in China have also released tracking features. China Unicom and China Telecom - both state-owned telecom operators — are asking people to put in the last few digits of their ID or passport number, which will then be used to track a person’s whereabouts. They will get messages outlining where they have been. Again, the feature could be used if a building has a strict restriction on people entering who haven’t been in quarantine for 14 days.MicroMultiCopter, also in Shenzhen, is 15 deploying drones to transport medical samples and conduct thermal imaging. UVD robots from Blue Ocean Robotics use ultraviolet light to autonomously kill bacteria and viruses. With a noticeable use of technology and AI, China’s surveillance system used facial recognition technology and temperature detection software from SenseTime to identify people who might have a fever and be more likely to have the virus. 16 So,All these technologies have helped china to fight against COVID-19 and wuhan being the starting centre of corona is now being Corona free as they are using technological alternatives in their daily routine. 17 Various Technologies used by Emerging Startups for analysis,Diagnosis and research related to Corona. Author :Mr.Himanshu Prajapati,B.Tech-VI,SITCS AI/Bioinformatics/ML/DL/Data Science technologies used by Various Institute and Industries 1. AI Cures https://www.aicures.mit.edu/ It is a group of machine learning and life science researchers who are collaborating on developing machine learning methods for finding promising antiviral molecules for COVID-19 and other emerging pathogens. 2. Kiwi Data Science It leverages AI and advanced statistical techniques to vast amounts of data and develop solutions that allow their clients to 18 extract meaningful information and knowledge. For covid-19 visit https://covid-19.kiwidatascience.com/ 3. Korkin lab It provides a comprehensive structural genomics and interactomics road-maps of 2019-nCoV and uses these information to infer the possible functional differences and similarities with the related SARS coronavirus. All data are made publicly available to the research community at http://korkinlab.org/wuhan 4. Analysis by Technology review All of their reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak, provided for readers. https://www.technologyreview.com/collection/coronavirus/ 5. Kgp Hacks Corona (IIT Kharagpur) IIT Kharagpur’s Undergraduate Students Council has launched KGP Hacks Corona, an initiative for the IIT KGP community to build software and data solutions aimed at tackling challenges https://kgpchronicle.iitkgp.ac.in/kgp-hacks-corona 19 6.