Optimizing ICT Resources to Mitigate Contagion: A Case Study of COVID-19 Pandemic

James Kunle Olorundare; Oluwafemi Emmanuel Ekanoye; Adebimpe Olubunmi Olorundare

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Optimizing ICT Resources to Mitigate Contagion: A Case Study of COVID-19 Pandemic

James Kunle Olorundare, Oluwafemi Emmanuel Ekanoye, Adebimpe Olubunmi Olorundare

Published in International Journal of Science, Technology and Society (Volume 9, Issue 3)

Received: 3 December 2020 Accepted: 10 December 2020 Published: 21 June 2021

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COVID-19 is ravaging many countries and there are unprecedented challenges in managing the pandemic. Basically, two strategies are being adopted; Traditional Health System and Telehealth which include telemedicine, remote monitoring of patient, Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) etc. This paper discusses how the communications and computing resources are being used in the telehealth sector to respond to COVID-19. It expatiates the positive impact of telehealth on the general approach of managing COVID-19 pandemic and how this is rapidly facilitating flattening the curve of COVID-19 pandemic as seen in the country experiences of China and South Korea discussed. The research includes both the Secondary and Primary data. The literature review exhibited the secondary data conducted on this subject matter which was also validated using the quantitative survey conducted for the primary data collection. Experiences of selected countries were also discussed as case studies on how ICT resources are being deployed in the COVID-19 pandemic as practical evidence to the research. Recommendations were organically extracted from the result of the primary research data to fill the gap noticed in mitigating pandemic by optimizing ICT resources and infrastructures. The use of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, emergency numbers for different applications and increase use of those ICT infrastructures and resources have assisted in mitigating COVID-19 in the illustrated examples. This has validated the results of the research and therefore given empirical evidence to the feasibility of the recommendations.

Published in	International Journal of Science, Technology and Society (Volume 9, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijsts.20211003.14
Page(s)	135-141
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mobile Technology, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Telehealth (EHealth or E-health), Mobile App, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Pandemic

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James Kunle Olorundare, Oluwafemi Emmanuel Ekanoye, Adebimpe Olubunmi Olorundare. Optimizing ICT Resources to Mitigate Contagion: A Case Study of COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Sci Technol Soc. 2021;9(3):135-141. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsts.20211003.14

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James Kunle Olorundare

Technical Standards and Network Integrity, Nigerian Communications Commission, Abuja, Nigeria
Oluwafemi Emmanuel Ekanoye

Office of Governmental Contracting and Services, Southern University and A&M College, Louisiana, USA
Adebimpe Olubunmi Olorundare

Information Technology Department, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria

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