Abstract
Battling a global health crisis while holding all social responsibilities together left the world in despair. It is just one of the numerous signs that every natural thing interrelates with each other. Novel coronavirus outbreak began in China in December 2019. It continues to alter the society causing economic plight across the globe, including highly developed nations and medical researchers remaining wide awake to seek an effective vaccine. Regardless of race or even status, nobody is spared from the threat of this virus.
Termination of this virus considering the sorrowful count of deaths and transfer cases requires the demand to utilize sufficient vital equipment, systematic and prepared facilities—one of these is the application of technology that could support physical distance limitation among individuals referred to as the Internet of Things or IoT.
More than ever is a significant period to discuss the gaps concerning IoT. It necessitates professionals and tech specialists to determine these issues with an appropriate methodology for further system refinement. They must also decide involving the certainty of convenience, predominates its market price, and setbacks. Moreover, the congress must construct a bill that would cover IoT users' data and privacy rights.
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Garcia, M.R.T., Culaba, A.B. (2021). Significance of the Internet of Things to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Philippines. In: Abraham, A., Sasaki, H., Rios, R., Gandhi, N., Singh, U., Ma, K. (eds) Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications. IBICA 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1372. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73603-3_26
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