Tackling COVID-19 Using Blockchain Technology

Abstract

In December 2019, the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease was first reported in Wuhan City, the capital of Hubei Province, China, and the virus started to exacerbate throughout the world. This new world health crisis threatens the public with its ongoing pandemic across the globe. This chapter first discusses the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, symptoms and its preventive measures. A timeline of this virus disease by World Health Organisation (WHO) is depicted in this chapter. The authors enlighten the global impact of coronavirus on healthcare systems and the need for technology-empowered solutions to control the spread of this novel virus. In particular, this chapter focuses on the pioneering blockchain technology that has the potential to mitigate and fight against this pandemic outbreak. In addition, this chapter manifests how this distributed record keeping technology and its enriched features could help the healthcare professionals to combat the crisis.