摘要:Managing the ongoing COVID-19 (aka Coronavirus) pandemic has presented both challengesand new opportunities for urban local body administrators. With the Indian government'sSmart City mission taking firm roots in some of the Indian cities, the authors share theirlearnings and experiences of how a Smart City Integrated Command and Control Centre (Iccccan be extended to become the nerve centre of pandemic-related operations and management, leveraging the Smart City IoT infrastructure such as surveillance cameras formonitoring and enforcement. The authors are of the opinion that the lessons learned andexperiences gained from these cities are extremely valuable and can easily be replicated inother cities in a relatively short time period, thus providing a standard and uniform methodacross the nation for handling epidemics in the future.
关键词:ICCC – Integrated Command and Control Centre;ICMR – Indian Council of Medical Research;ICT – Information and Communication Technologies;MIS – Management Information System;SOP – Standard Operating Procedures;SMS – Short Messaging Service;VMS – Video Management System;VA – Video Analytics