How COVID-19 Affect the Whole World and Daily Life Including India

Amrita Das
Electrical Engineering, 3rd Year

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The recent hot news in all news channels is COVID-19. This has shaken the whole world including our country India. This is one of the greatest pandemic disease after AIDS (2005-2012). The virus has spread to more than 150 countries around the world. The disease has taken lives of 259,392 people approximately and 2,238,090 active cases globally. The below graph is showing new cases across the whole world.

As we all know it is a communicable disease and can spread rapidly so we are lockdown in our homes. It has changed our daily life a lot.

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Effects on Daily Life 

The fight against Corona virus started On Sunday 22th March, when Indian government had announced “Janata Karfu” and told to stay at home from 7 am to 9 pm. But it bore no fruit and the condition getting deteriorated day by day so the Government bound to declare Lockdown across India and the whole world started following this and declared lockdown to prevent this disease from spreading. The poor people are the worst sufferers during this lockdown period. Although the Government promised to help them supplying daily need items. Colleges and schools became closed and it seems that someone has pressed the pause button to the world. If this condition persists for a long time then we can face food scarcity and economy crisis which is not at all good for future. 

A lockdown can’t last forever. What is the strategy for India? 

The third phase of the lockdown started from 4th May. The green zones comprising of 319 districts are being allowed a whole plethora of social and economic activities. Although significant restrictions are still there in red zones and practically total lockdown in the containment zones. 

At the same time, an all-out effort is being made to contain the disease so that the red zones convert into orange, and orange ones into green. The state governments have been given some guidelines within which they can take decisions and implement the strategy to fight the virus. 

We can’t afford to lose the gains of the lockdown which we earned at a huge cost and slip into a state where unacceptable mortality occurs alongside unacceptable socio-economic cost. 

Way To Move Forward 
We as citizens must be aware to stop the virus moving from one person to the other. We can do that by means of physical distancing; wearing a mask; and an early care should be taken in case of symptoms of cough, fever or respiratory difficulty. We should report immediately to a health care provider for early treatment to protect ourselves, our family and community. Post lockdown de-escalation, it is our collective will, that will determine how we keep the outbreak in check and and simultaneously move on with life. 

Following this we can overcome the disease and can sing “WE SHALL OVER COME”. We have to take care of ourselves. We have to follow the Government precautions to stay fit and healthy. Not only the students of BPPIMT but also the students across the whole world should come forward. We can also help to prevent spreading this disease by staying at home and this is one of the easiest way to save humanity.

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Shoham Dey Sarkar
Computer Science & Engineering, 1st Year

Hello everyone, welcome to my blog 

As of Now we all are well aware of the pandemic disease Covid-19. Further, we all are also trapped within our homes for our safety only. So, to make all of my viewers scintillate their day, I have brought some captivating technology to explore. 

But first I should clear some of the daily WhatsApp Myths 

1. The Asteroid 52768(1998 OR2) is not going to destroy the world as it is almost 6million Km away from Earth.
2. Hydroxychloroquine ss not the cure for the Corona. The prevention is still under research.
3. Removing Lockdown does not mean a perfect remedy to corona.
4. Ginger, onion or any kind of paste will not make your body fully immune to Corona as per the statement of W.H.O.
5. Most common one is Cow urine will also not make your body immune to corona

Technology to Explore: 

1. Communication: Many of us are wasting the time, being just lethargic only. As there is a lot of time, so we can utilize it by building up the broken relationships (Relationship does not mean the one which a Gf or Bf share) like calling our friends of school as it will help you to refurbish your lost school days a lot. Or if you think audio call is now backdated then you can switch to Video call and do group Video call, a much better option to pass the time. 

2. For Entertainment: You can watch many movies and Web series day in Netflix, Amazon-prime and also Youtube that you couldn't watch earlier due to hectic schedule of each day in Netflix, Amazon-prime and also Youtube. Some of suggestion are Tumbbad, Error 404 ,Talaash, No Smoking, Yeh Saali Aashiqui ,Kota factory, Made in Heaven, Kaafir, Delhi Crime, Asur, Black Mirror, Making a Murderer, Narcos, House of Cards, The Godfather, The Matrix(all parts) ,Psycho, The Pianist, China Town and lots more. 

3. For Education: This lockdown is a golden opportunity for learners as they can polish as well develop skills. During this lockdown every viewer should make a habit of reading as now in this digital era online books are also available, not only just to enhance the knowledge but also polishing the reading and vocabulary .You could also learn New Programming languages or learn Ethical Hacking in Udemy, Edx, NPTEL and lots more (Yes if you want to have a certificate you need to buy the course but or else there are free course in Udemy and Edx too) some more relatable topics are DarkWeb, Mariana's Web, Cicarda too. You could also learn some out of topic like about illuminati, anonymous UFO, Ghost (slenderman, Bloody Marry, TekeTeke, Kuchisaka, Annabelle), Jin and Controversies. Also you could learn some historical topics too such as Battle of Plassey, Panipat, Buxar, Civil war and a lot from internet. 

4. Building New Extra Curricular Activities: This Extra Curricular Activities could be anything but can be done inside the four walls only. Music (includes singing, playing musical instrument, Practicing Nodes, tone, lyrics), Dance, Writing Poems, Gym and Cooking. This could be very well learned from Youtube only with prescribed information. Also, you could start your own Youtube Channel regarding any topic such as Top 10, Technical, Vines, Roast, Informative and lots more. You could also learn or polish your photography skills as most one's of our phone can shoot pics almost like DSLR.

At last I want to add that we should not waste this golden opportunity as this could never come to our life again. And every viewer should have a goal that when this lockdown ends I shall be able to add a new skill in C.V or able to do the things which requires a lot of time to learn but then I must be able to do that. Use this opportunity as time will not come again.

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Technology Against COVID-19

Snehesh Dutta
Electronics and Communication Engineering, 3rd Year 

More than 200 countries and 27-lakhs of confirmed cases have been reported for the corona virus disease from 2019 (COVID19), still now. WHO recognizes this situation as a pandemic on 11th March of 2020, as the virus from Wuhan of China has caused the death of more or less 2-lakhs people, by severe acute respiratory syndrome of Corona virus, all over the world. Getting affected by corona virus has become a nightmare for every human.

This is a zoonotic type of virus which means animals are the career of corona virus and from there it travels to the human body. This virus spreads through the discharge from the nose while an infected person cups or sneezes, so it is very much important that we should not inhale those things, and cover over mouth and nose tightly. In this current situation, there are no vaccines or treatments for COVID-19. so at the current time, the best way to prevent this virus is to stop spreading it. We can take the proper protection of ourselves and others from any infections and by rapidly washing your hands and face.

To fight against this dangerous situation, the government of several countries has declared lockdown for a few months. I personally think that lockdown or home quarantine is a good solution to stop spreading this virus if the people don't die of hunger. Discovery of the vaccine for COVID-19 is the responsibility of medical science, but I think in this case engineering knowledge can also be helpful to support our doctors.

It is the responsibility of every citizen to obey the government orders, as many people are disobeying the lockdown and roaming outside without any cause. Every citizen should keep in mind that he may not be affected by corona virus for his immunity but he may be the medium for spreading the virus to others.

In this type of situation modern technology comes in handy. Being a student of BPPIMT, and spending my 3 years in the field of engineering, I have four solutions by which the government can take action against the people who are violating the lockdown.

1) Implementation of patrolling bots :

It is not possible for police to check whether the people are obeying the lockdown or self Quarantine. The bots will travel through the city and will find the mass gathering of people. After that, the boat will inform the nearest police officer or police van. The bot will also have the ability to remind the citizen to return to their home and to follow the lockdown otherwise police have to take action against them.The bot may be controlled remotely or may be autonomous. It must have a camera and to process the visualization from it for detecting the gathering of people. The bot also has the ability to understand the maps and his path, as well as it must have the specialty to avoid obstacles. So implementation of image or video processing and machine learning will be necessary to build this type of bots.

2) Implementation of thermal sensors:

It is possible to determine the body temperature of a human by a thermal sensor. Most of the time people affected by corona virus get a fever, for this reason, body temperature rises. Using this type of thermal sensor we can easily detect if any person has a fever or not. It will be decided later that the person is having only a fever or is affected by corona virus. We can implement this type of sensor in two ways.

(A) We can implement one stand-alone thermal sensor in the front of every building, shops, or any one-way pedestrian footpath. The sensor will detect the body temperature of every passing person.

(B) We can also implement this type of thermal sensor in the police cap so that it will be easier to suspect any person having a fever or not. While patrolling they can easily detect people's body temperature within a range of approximately 5 to 10 meters.

3) Implementation of drones :

In some cases, if the patrolling bots fail to reach in some areas, the flying drones can handle after that. For a drone, it is faster to travel to check people's awareness in some critical areas. The drone will also have the same ability as the patrolling boats.

4) Implementation of tracker or wristbands : 

It will be a wristband type product having a GPS module in it, which will be definitely waterproof, have a good battery backup, and must be one time lockable. The government can track the people wearing this type of wristband by analyzing big data and can monitor if any people are roaming around any hotspot caused by corona virus, or any place from where confirmed cases have been found. It will be very easy for the government to track the spread of novel corona virus. After being affected with which people the confirmed person was in close contact can also be detected by monitoring the previous records of the person's GPS location, after implementation of this type of bands.

Last but not least, in this current situation, it is also very dangerous to have a test for COVID-19, as the hospitals are also infected. People may be infected from the hospital, though he was not previously infected by corona virus. So we should not visit the hospital if it is not an emergency or very necessary. Still, it's a doubt should we have a test for corona virus or not. 

For a solution of this doubt, me and my friend have created one virtual risk analyzer for COVID-19. Which can predict the chances of being affected by the corona virus. It will ask you some questions, after that the software will analyze your answers, then it will show you the percentage of being affected by corona virus depending upon your answers. If you honestly answer all the questions correctly and the software shows high chances of getting affected by the corona virus, then if possible you should definitely medically test yourself.

Try the virtual risks analyzer from the link below.

(  https://covid.gadgetguys.in  )

References:

1. https://gadgetguys.in
2. https://who.int
3. https://www.bbc.com
4. https://www.wikipedia.org

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How technology merges with medical to stand against COVID19

Debajyoti Dutta
Computer Science & Engineering, 3rd Year

From the start of 2020, we heard more or less about new corona virus COVID-19. And from that situation, this virus took the attention of people all around the world. After that WHO also declared this virus as pandemic. Things are getting worse every day as we saw the deadly face of this virus. Although there is no absolute cure till now, we are trying to prevent this virus from spreading as much as possible. Now let’s talk about how technology may come and take over the pandemic situation.
Now we know the symptoms of the virus like having fever. So, in this reference we may develop a wrist band which will check the body temperature and current location regularly after some interval and if the body temperature is more than normal then the wrist band should send data about the location immediately to the local police station so that they can come and make the person go for the plasma test. Here some additional features may be added such as each person has to provide his name and identity while installing the wrist band and this will be one-time installation so that the person cannot take his device off and if a person does, then an immediate information should be sent to local police.
Again, if we talk about the lockdown then it is very hard to monitor the situation and condition in every place effectively. So, in this case we may use drones for monitoring purposes. Drones may be used to broadcast an emergency message immediately. By using drones, it will be very easy and effective to monitor crowded places and police can take action accordingly.
Preventing and monitoring crowds will be easy if it is possible to attach digital cameras with thermal sensors in street light posts. This may help to test the body temperature of individual people by using the thermal sensor like IR sensor and if someone is found exceeding that temperature or not using a mask, then a photograph of the person’s face is to be taken and sent to the police. It is heard that some Tech Industries of China is already implementing this method such that it can identify a person’s face if that is covered with a mask also.
Now if we focus on medical research, Artificial Intelligence plays a vital role here. With the help of Big Data Analysis and simulations now Medical Professionals can understand more about the virus with ease. It will also help them to find out proper medicines using simulations.
There are some risks for those medical workers who have to work and help the active COVID-19 patient. To mitigate this problem, we may think about some bots (Robots) which may be helpful for the Medical Workers to send medicines, foods and monitor the active COVID-19 patients in Hospitals. This will surely decrease the risk of getting affected with COVID-19 to Medical Workers. In the pandemic situation we may also think about automated or remote-control cars for delivery of essential Commodities between inter cities.
People are very cautious nowadays. Everybody is trying to have a test for Covid19 and this increases load on the hospitals. So, to mitigate this issue, we may think about making a Virtual Risk Analyzer through which people have to answer some basic questions and get the chances or risk of getting affected by COVID-19. And if he gets a higher risk value, then he may go for the actual test in Hospital. This will surely help to decrease the load in hospitals.
The COVID-19 has been a threatening global health emergency relative to the previous big outbreak of SARS epidemics. Researchers, scientists and medical specialists concentrate on using emergent digital technology to break the virus. With the migration of technologies into medical services we may fight and win the battle against COVID-19.

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Technology To The Rescue

Anshuman Swaroop Das
Computer Science & Engineering, 4th Year

Technology is being cultivated and harnessed to overcome and to sort of fight against the Corona virus outbreak in the world which began in Wuhan, China. It's pretty impressive knowing that there's some really interesting ways how modern technology can be used to fight the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Airports and cities under lockdown can install thermal scanners at tactical spots that can scan people for high temperatures as a part of mass fever screening system. Thermal imaging cameras capture heat emitted by objects and not visible light like regular cameras. As people pass through the camera’s FOV, hotter areas look brighter on the screen since these cameras are capable of capturing temperature differences as small as 0.1 °C. If the cameras capture someone with a high temperature then health authorities could conduct a screening for the virus.

Drones can be used for remote surveillance and also to disinfect by spraying chlorine or ethanol alcohol-based disinfectants. Thus, authorities will be able to cover large areas dramatically quicker than traditional spraying methods with reduced risk to workers who would otherwise spend more time potentially exposed to both the virus and the disinfectants. Drones as well as an unmanned station can be used as a solution to transport medical samples and quarantine materials between multiple hospitals, it's automatic and unmanned operation can significantly reduce the potential contact between samples and workers in the transportation process and also improve the delivery speed. 

Robots equipped with thermal and HD cameras with facial recognition can help in screening, delivering medicines to doctors, nurses and infected patients, delivering food and essential supplies to people forced under lockdown making social distancing easier. UVC light is part of the ultraviolet light spectrum and emits a high frequency of UV light that makes it extremely effective at killing bacteria viruses, mold and other pathogens. UVC robots can be used in hospitals to disinfect air, water, surfaces and operating rooms. The concept of germ killing Robots can be applied inside airplanes which can carry disease causing germs across continents.

Artificial Intelligence can be used as a predictive warning system which includes language processing and Machine Learning to track this corona virus by analyzing thousands of web articles in several languages every day. This data can help hospitals and governments about the potential presence and spread of this disease in an area. They can even track other data such as traveler itinerary information, location and medicine purchases on smartphones in order to identify potential sick people and additional clues about the spread of the virus.

Coronavirus Mapping Apps can be deployed that show the locations of confirmed and suspected cases of the virus in real-time, in an effort to make it easier for people to avoid the danger areas. They can also show live government data including epidemic control checkpoints and traffic arrangements. There can be Apps that can let its users check if they're nearby or traveled by plane/train with someone who has come in contact with the virus.

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Semi-Annual AI Tracker-The Economic Solution

Ankita Chowdhury

Computer Science & Engineering, 1st Year

IDC recommends IT professionals all across the globe, to use the newly developed technology-“Worldwide Semi-annual AI Tracker", which is built using modern technologies - AI, Big-Data, Block-chain and Data Science. It is a comprehensive data tool that helps IT professionals, business executives and economists share and forecast information on all major cognitive markets and industrial platforms.

The tracker is built on the strong foundation of IDC's Vendor Product and Market Modeling Methodology, coupled with its extensive and strong worldwide(WAN) and local(LAN) area network,across the globe, ensuring that market competition and opportunities are represented nearest to reality. AI tracker is especially of prime importance during this lock-down period due to the pandemic COVID-19, as more people connect globally to work-from-home, which requires securing data from cyber-threats.

Core Technologies Platforms where AI Tracker is being used, are as follows:-

• Server
• Storage
• AI Software Platforms
• AI Applications
• IT services
• Business services

Prime locations of  Usage of AI Tracker are as follows:-   

• Asia
• Canada 
• Central and Eastern Europe
• Japan
• South America
• Middle East and Africa   
• PRC
• United States 
• Western Europe

Industrial mapping and forecasts, made by the AI Tracker are projected for five years, in an annual form. This data tool is of great help, to reduce the rate of economic-slowdown, in the international market during lock down, prevalent in major industrial sectors, right now, all over the world. This tool performs predictive actions, promotes personalized client interaction by real-time processing and provide a user-friendly platform.

AI Tracker can be further updated, with the help of highly developed software programs to be used for more efficient data-handling, in near future.

References:-   

1. https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/AERNWAXX.

2. https://www.idc.com/tracker/showproductinfo.jsp?prod_id=1841.

3. https://www.google.com/IDC.

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Can we protect ourselves from Corona?

Isheeta Agrawal
Computer Science & Engineering, 1st Year

A very common question in the minds of majority of people in the world nowadays is that 'Is there any way through which we can protect ourselves from Corona virus?' The answer to this very important question is 'Yes', the attack by corona virus can not only be prevented but also defeated as well by Yoga and Pranayam and along with that maintaining some measures such as social distancing and self-quarantine.

It is found that corona virus gets into a person's body, replicates itself and severely attacks the person's lungs. At first the immunity of the person fights with it, if it is enough the virus becomes ineffective and the person just becomes carrier of the virus but if the immunity is unable to resist the virus then it affects the respiratory system and interferes in the breathing process. Thus we find that a person must have a good immunity system and strong respiratory system to fight against corona. For that Yoga & Pranayama is the best solution. Pranayama basically consists of different ways and stages of inhaling and exhaling which helps us strengthen our lungs, heart and the nervous system. Along with that it helps us maintain our psychological and spiritual health and provides us with mental peace which is definitely required to cope up with this very situation. It activates all the cells of our body and helps build immunity. Along with pranayama, yoga keeps us physically fit and helps retain flexibility of body and maintain our physique. Another importance of yoga is that it maintains all our internal organs, muscles and bones and makes our body stronger to fight and resist antibodies. Hence, yoga and pranayama gives a very effective way for protecting ourselves and defeating corona.

Apart from yoga and pranayama another way to deal with this deadly virus is self-quarantine, by staying at home and not going out unless extremely required and if there is a need to go outside then must use a mask and maintain social distancing that is a person should not come in physical contact with others. If a person unknowingly comes in physical contact with an infected person(carrier) who himself doesn't know about his infection then the person coming in contact with him might himself get infected if not properly sanitized. Hence, proper hygiene must also be maintained and hands should be washed properly and frequently.

To all the readers I would suggest not to panic or get tensed or frightened. Keep calm do yoga & pranayama, stay at home and maintain social distancing. Be optimistic and be patient till the vaccines arrive as after that corona virus will be compelled to leave our world and our daily schedule will resume. 

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