Technologies used to fight against Corona

Technologies used to fight against Corona

Science is the only weapon against the corona pandemic. The rapid spread of Covid-19 has forced countries to use every trick in the book to restrict this pandemic. As the disease spread from the country which is most powerful in terms of technology, so firstly China uses the drones to keep an eye on the make lockdown successful. Some countries like South Korea, Singapore have utilized their technologies more effectively than Italy, Spain and other countries.

Here are the technologies which is used to fight against Corona 

Rapid Detection

The covid-19 pandemic spreads so rapidly so we need to test it greater than its spreading rate . Researchers have developed a new technology that flexibly scales up CRISPR-based molecular diagnostics, using microfluidics chips that can run thousands of tests simultaneously. A singles chip’s capacity range from detecting a single type of virus in more than 1000 samples at a time to searching a small number of samples for than 160 different viruses,including the Covid-19 virus called Combinatorial Arrayed Reactions for Multiplexed Evaluation of Nucleic acids(CARMEN). Top institutes also contributes their tech knowledge  against the fight to this disease, in this context NIT Rourkela steps in the fight against COVID -19 ,sends Real-time PCR Equipment to VIMSAR for rapid detection of COVID-19 infection.

Location Tracking

Most commonly used technologies by countries is location tracking , tracking people`s whereabouts through the location information provided by their phones has been crucial to identifying where the infected person went before being quarantined and how many people were in contact to the people. China, South Korea and Taiwan have used location tracking widely to limit the virus transmission. India has developed a mobile app named as Aarogya Setu which keeps informing the people about the disease  by tracking the area wherever the corona patients or his contacts moved and alerts you not to go there. You can download arogya setu app  from here Aarogya Setu app .

Robots and Drones

Drones

Robots and Drones to help  fight with Covid-19 countries launched their robots to treat corona patients. Drones are used  for sanitizing , transportation of regular basis items, to restrict the movement of people, whereas robots are used in isolation wards , these are used to give medicines to patients , hence avoiding person’s contact .Boston Dynamics launched their robot to help with coronavirus treatment.