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IoT-Based Wearable Body Sensor Network for COVID-19 Pandemic

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Advances in Data Science and Intelligent Data Communication Technologies for COVID-19

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The novel severe contagious respiratory syndrome coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused the greatest global challenge and public health, after the pandemic of the influenza outbreak of 1918. According to the World Health Organization, more than 19,687,156 people have been infected by the virus, with at least 727,435 deaths globally as of 10:33 am CEST, 10 August 2020. Globally, people spend much of their time indoor to contain or avoid people infected with the virus. Until now, there has been a rapid increase in diverts research works to find a lasting solution to this worldwide threat. In the past few years, IoT has drawn convincing ground in research fields range from academic and industrial fields, especially in healthcare. The IoT revolution reshapes contemporary healthcare systems by incorporate economic, social, and technological prospects. It progresses from conventional healthcare systems to more personalized healthcare systems, where patients can be monitored, diagnosed, and treated effortlessly. Wearable body sensor network has transformed the power to change our lifestyle with abundant technologies in areas of healthcare, entertainment, transportation, retail, business, and emergency services control. The integration of wireless sensors and sensor networks with simulation and intelligent systems research has developed an interdisciplinary definition of ambient intelligence to address the obstacles faced in our everyday lives. It is essential to build a reliable and efficient wearable system for monitoring during the COVID-19 outbreak. In the situation of COVID-19, an IoT-based wearable body sensor can be utilized to lower the possible spread of the pandemic using enabled/linked devices aimed at people for early diagnosis, monitoring during social distance, quarantine time, and after recovery. Therefore, this chapter reviews the role of IoT and wearable body sensor technologies in fighting COVID-19 and presents an IoT-based wearable body sensor architecture to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. IoT-based wearable body sensor can be used widely to control and track patient conditions in both towns and cities using an internal network, thus minimize pressure and tension on healthcare professionals, eliminating medical faults, reducing workload and medical staff productivity, reducing long-term healthcare costs, and enhancing patient satisfaction during COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Joseph Bamidele Awotunde, Rasheed Gbenga Jimoh, Muyideen AbdulRaheem & Idowu Dauda Oladipo

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Awotunde, J.B., Jimoh, R.G., AbdulRaheem, M., Oladipo, I.D., Folorunso, S.O., Ajamu, G.J. (2022). IoT-Based Wearable Body Sensor Network for COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Hassanien, AE., Elghamrawy, S.M., Zelinka, I. (eds) Advances in Data Science and Intelligent Data Communication Technologies for COVID-19. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 378. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77302-1_14

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