Afterword: The impacts of novel and emerging technologies on a pandemic
Around December 2019, the emergence of a cluster of pneumonia of unknown etiology started appearing in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. Subsequent virus isolation from patients and genetic analysis showed that the pathogen was a new coronavirus.How could digital healthcare technologies alleviate the deleterious impacts of this public health crisis or facilitate strategies geared at quashing this pandemic? Digital healthcare technologies have been adopted by many countries in the management of COVID-19 pandemic. Applications of novel and emerging technologies have been implemented in various facets of the response, such as surveillance, testing, contact tracing, quarantine, drug and vaccine development, clinical management, continuity of care, logistics and personnel training.
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