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. 2021 Jul 16;28(34):46964–46984. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-15292-5

Table 3.

Applications of digitization if COVID-19 continues to be prevalent

Period Application Description
Short-term (weekly) Reduce virus outbreak Without AI-related technologies, the chances of getting the virus are incredibly high
Medium-term (monthly and seasonal) Diagnosis of the virus before the onset of severe symptoms With city-wide image processing cameras, the city can be placed in demographic categories, and the signs of the people can be monitored. The affected people can be immediately directed to the medical and health centers
Long-term (annual or more) Diagnose, control, and improve patients or people at risk of catching the virus With this disease’s existence for a year, the symptoms of this disease have been placed in the form of a database and have been made available to all scientists, etc. All the ways of showing the symptoms are evaluated using this database. Also, it is introduced to the people in the form of devices and health-oriented tools