Optimizing ICT Resources to Mitigate Contagion: A Case Study of COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

COVID-19 is ravaging many countries and there are unprecedented challenges in managing the pandemic.Basically, two strategies are being adopted; Traditional Health System and Telehealth which include telemedicine, remote monitoring of patient, Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) etc. This paper discusses how the communications and computing resources are being used in the telehealth sector to respond to COVID-19. It expatiates the positive impact of telehealth on the general approach of managing COVID-19 pandemic and how this is rapidly facilitating flattening the curve of COVID-19 pandemic as seen in the country experiences of China and South Korea discussed. The research includes both the Secondary and Primary data. The literature review exhibited the secondary data conducted on this subject matter which was also validated using the quantitative survey conducted for the primary data collection. Experiences of selected countries were also discussed as case studies on how ICT resources are being deployed in the COVID-19 pandemic as practical evidence to the research. Recommendations were organically extracted from the result of the primary research data to fill the gap noticed in mitigating pandemic by optimizing ICT resources and infrastructures. The use of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, emergency numbers for different applications and increase use of those ICT infrastructures and resources have assisted in mitigating COVID-19 in the illustrated examples. This has validated the results of the research and therefore given empirical evidence to the feasibility of the recommendations.

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“…Likewise, telemedicine, another invention, brought an option for experts to be able to attend the patient present in another location. The tool has been used against COVID-19 pandemic by medical practitioners, as they have to attend many infectious people at their clinics and hospitals (Kunle Olorundare et al. , 2021).…”

“…Likewise, telemedicine, another invention, brought an option for experts to be able to attend the patient present in another location. The tool has been used against COVID-19 pandemic by medical practitioners, as they have to attend many infectious people at their clinics and hospitals (Kunle Olorundare et al, 2021). Telemedicine is provided to quarantined patients in Israel; the Doctolib site started providing free tele-consultancy services to all the doctors during pandemics in France.…”