COVID-19 outbreak and the role of digital twin

COVID-19 has transformed the life of human beings and digital twin infrastructure can facilitates working remotely during COVID-19 outbreak by reducing burden on services and infrastructure. Currently, many organizations are installing and developing devices such as thermal cameras, sensors aiming t...

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Published in:Multimedia tools and applications 2022-08, Vol.81 (19), p.26857-26871
Main Authors: Alrashed, Saleh, Min-Allah, Nasro, Ali, Ijaz, Mehmood, Rashid
Format: Article
Language:English
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1202: Multimedia Tools for Digital Twin
Computer Communication Networks
Computer Science
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Data Structures and Information Theory
Demographics
Digital twins
Disease control
Disease transmission
Infrastructure
Multimedia Information Systems
Norms
Outbreaks
Social distancing
Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems
Viral diseases
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Summary:COVID-19 has transformed the life of human beings and digital twin infrastructure can facilitates working remotely during COVID-19 outbreak by reducing burden on services and infrastructure. Currently, many organizations are installing and developing devices such as thermal cameras, sensors aiming to minimize human contact and so forth, in addition to enforcing social distancing resulting in reducing the risk of transmission. Due to economic reasons, lockdown restrictions are being relaxed/lifted in many countries and Pakistan which is one of the most densely populated countries in the world with a population of 220 + million is no exception. Though, Pakistan contained the first two waves of coronavirus infections reasonably well but the country is struggling to contain the third wave of the spread due to violations of social distancing norms. While our predictions may deviate from official statistics due to lack of mass testing and existence of asymptomatic infections, the described approach predicts the possible actual burden of infection over times. In view of the unique demographics, our data quantify the efficacy of social distancing as an effective measure to forestall the infection. We highlight few areas where digital twins can be created/deployed to provide services and essential facilities to citizens as COVID-19 is expected to have permanent impact on the way we work.
ISSN:1380-7501
1573-7721
DOI:10.1007/s11042-021-11664-8