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Disguised benefits in this pandemic:

Even after all this, compared to many other industries, the IT industry is expected to have an enormous market boom from US$ 131 Billion in 2020 to US$ 295 in the next five years by 2025.

The main reason for this increase in the economy for this industry is the increased demand for software and social media platforms such as Google Hangouts, WhatsApp Video call, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams.

All these teleconferencing tools help the people who are in quarantine to stay in touch with their family members as well as have conference meetings and work at the same time.

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Online retail :

Online retail (e-commerce) is the buying and selling product or service over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer network .

In preventing the spread of covid -19, customers can purchase items from the comfort of their own homes or work place .

For example , Shopee or Lazada allows user to manage rewards ,use coupons ,locate stores or enable mobile payments where user can pay for goods and services directly from their phone or mobile device .

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Applcations of Information Technology in education :

During covid pendemics all schools ,colleges and universities were closed therefore distance learning methods were carried out.

Distance learning class is where the delivery of education occurs at one place while learning occurs at other locations.

For example, lecturer can delivers their lessons at one place while students at other locations by using Zoom, Microsoft Teams , Quizizz

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Health Information Technology;

Information technology was used at all stages of the epidemic, such as prediction of epidemic trends, tracking of close contacts, and remote diagnosis.

Based on the health information technology framework for responding to the epidemic described in the Methods section, we present specific health information technology practices for managing the COVID-19 outbreak and describe several health information technologies used to fight COVID-19 in detail.

For example using Mysejahtera app

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Some smart solutions around the world using IT:

Many countries who are facing the shutdown have invested in smart city solution such as the cops in China are using drones attached with thermal sensors to identify the symptoms for coronavirus and get immediate medical help.

In South Korea, the local government has launched a Smartphone app that keeps the self-quarantine employees in touch with their co-workers to keep the updates to the work process and to ask any questions.

In January, in China, the telecom AHS designed a 5G powered system to enable the consultations and diagnoses of people affected by the virus by connecting the physicians at West China Hospital to 27 other hospitals in the area to treat the illness affected people. This not only helps doctors to communicate faster and come up with a diagnosis but also helps to keep track of the emergency patients who need immediate medical help and if a hospital is not able to provide that the patient could immediately be shifted to the nearest equipped hospital for assistance.