The 2019-nCoV epidemic control strategies and future challenges of building healthy smart cities

Abstract

The 2019 Novel Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) epidemic (namely COVID 19) was first reported and confirmed on 31 December 2019, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, which is one of China's largest cities and a major domestic transport hub (located in the central part of China, as shown in Figure 1). 1 The epidemic is attracting worldwide concern due to its rapid spread and transmission rate between humans. On 30 January 2020, the International Health Regulations, Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak-a 'public health emergency of international concern'. 2 On 8 February 2020 (24:00 GMT þ 8), there were 37,198 confirmed infections in China (including 811 deaths with a death ratio of 2.1%; and 6188 patients were confirmed in serious condition and 28,942 suspected cases). 3 The COVID 19 infections were also reported in 26 other countries on

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“…Train stations can install powerful thermal imagers to measure the body temperature of passengers. Overall, efficiency and speed are very important in the control process, and conflicting research needs to be conducted (9)(10)(11).…”

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“…It can only be overcome with active cooperation of various businesses and professions such as the medical industry, transportation, government, manufacturers of technology products, etc. 9 Several essential tasks must be done while controlling the outbreak; 1) Controlling the virus source. In the face of the virus, the most effective strategy is to keep any suspected infected patient in a relatively confined space (hospital or home) to prevent the virus from spreading.…”

“…In addition, the main source of the virus must be traced to understand the origin of the virus and effective measures must be taken to completely eliminate the source of the virus. [9][10][11] For an entire contaminated or potentially contaminated city, continuous air detection must be carried out to effectively detect or trace the virus in the air, and masks must be worn by all citizens, especially in public places. New mobile hospitals should be built that can handle suspected cases in a centralized manner.…”

“…During the whole control process, efficiency and speed is extremely important and cross-disciplinary research should be conducted. [9][10][11] In response to the outbreak, China expanded its dayto-day contact with the WHO, regardless of economic disadvantages, and developed comprehensive multifaceted approaches to tackle the virus and prevent further exposure to the virus by taking rigorous and unprecedented measures arising from a sense of responsibility to citizens. It also disseminated its epidemic information openly, transparently, responsibly and in a timely manner to all other countries and international organizations.…”

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“…The world has encountered three outbreaks since 2002 with the epidemic of SARS-COV, followed by MERS-COV in 2012, and the recent SARS-COV-2 or COVID-19 in 2019, which spread swiftly to several countries and has threatened public health (34). The immediate virus spread, and the high transmission rate between people have caused global distress (35,36).…”