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Let's straightaway dive into the topic of the day- “Technology against Pandemic”

When the world is hit by the pandemic, technology has proved to be a boon. It has helped tremendously right from confirming the carrier to providing the drugs.

Baidu, a Chinese multinational technology corporation, has developed AI-based solutions for screening large groups of people and detecting changes in their body temperature while they are on the go.

When it comes to avoiding human interaction, self-driving cars, drones, and robots can all help. Autonomous vehicles can safely transport patients to and from medical facilities without endangering the lives of healthy individuals.

Working from home enables companies to continue their work. Technologies that offer secure data access, enterprise apps, virtual meetings, cloud conferencing, and virtual/mixed/augmented reality are the frontrunners in ensuring that deliverables are not impacted.

Quinn Callander, a Canadian boy scout, designed an ear guard that sits behind the head and keeps the elastic bits that traditionally go around one's ears. This has helped health care workers a lot.

South Korea has launched free COVID-19 analytic software for early viral diagnosis and assessment based on CT image processing. The software can detect, segment, and create 3D models of COVID-19 lung injury.

IIT Madras researchers have created a way for real-time monitoring of patients using wireless probes, IoT thermometers, and other IoT devices, and sending information to a dashboard.

IIIT Delhi researchers have created an AI model for drug repositioning in the treatment of Covid-19 which helps to expedite the process and identify the medications with the best chance of success against the sickness.

Google is working on hosting resources on COVID-19 so that individuals can get all of the accurate information without having to filter through false information. The company's DeepMind's goal is to anticipate the protein structures of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 so that viable treatments can be developed.

Aruba, an HPE firm, built a network on a ferry, converting it into a medical ship to assist people in the Liguria region who were infected with COVID-19.

Microsoft has created a new chatbot, Plasma Bot to assist people who have recovered from the COVID-19 virus in determining if they are eligible to donate plasma for clinical research and therapy.

Philips has created a patient management system for educating patients and improving healthcare practitioners' workflow efficiency when it comes to managing patient contacts.

Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook are among the apps that are helping to bring attention to emergency needs. As India grapples with the second wave of COVID-19, a lot of influencers are continuously providing COVID-related resources on their Instagram, Twitter, and other social media accounts. They are using their huge followers list to amplify the message.

We are all in this together. And I hope we will eradicate COVID-19 as soon as possible.

I hope this podcast might have cleared your mind and shown you how technology is helping humans to win over this deadly virus.

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