The 4th Industrial Revolution in Coronavirus Pandemic Era

The global prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requires a remarkable avenue to endure and restrain it;Although the most advanced and sophisticated healthcare systems around the world could not stand against this pandemic, the synthesis of the fourth industrial revolution manifests its potential to eradicate this virus This chapter discusses how multiple advanced technologies involve diverse perspectives of fighting the catastrophe, starting from reduction of the spreading of the virus, automated surveillance for infected cases, contribution to retaining the communication as well as social safety during the lockdown, and evolving healthcare medical equipment to the process of developing a vaccine It also has a vital role in keeping most nations’ institutions run remotely, such as education systems, besides the declination of the expected economic losses by running businesses online Moreover, introducing the essential role of these technologies to monitor the propagation of COVID-19 globally that permits taking precautionary measures earlier and evaluating the current situation of each country individually Eventually, the influence of these privileges of this revolution and how it has convinced other nations the importance of accelerating and boosting those advanced technologies to defeat the current situation by considering China as a realistic illustration of the efficiency © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG