Blockchain and novel coronavirus: Towards preventing COVID-19 and future pandemics
Amirul Azim, Muhammad Nazrul Islam, Paul E. Spranger
Abstract
The present world has observed the SARS-CoV2 or COVID-19 spreading rapidly with a rising death toll and transmission rates with an absence of proper data management and information sharing. The current traditional database storage system has the limitations of a centralized control system and tampering of data, particularly when it is being shared with others. The Novel technology known as “Blockchain” is a distributed ledger technology that acts as a shared database, keeping all its copies synced and verified. The objective of this article is to study the concept of a Blockchain based pandemic data management system that would ensure unified patients’ data storage and reliable data management to trackdown coronavirus to combat against this and future pandemics.
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Submitted date:
04/25/2020
Reviewed date:
04/30/2020
Accepted date:
04/30/2020
Publication date:
04/30/2020
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