THE IMPACT OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY ON CRISIS MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF COVID-19

Abstract

Blockchain sector has advanced as a recourse can be used in numerous ways by global health tacticians and policy experts to reduce the disastrous impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned many blockchain-related ideas and initiatives, but to the best knowledge, no in-depth studies have been performed to uncover and summarize the key features of these technologies. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic began at the end of 2019 when a new coronavirus was discovered in the form of unknown pneumonia. Our proposed high-level, decentralized architecture facilitates in managing large-scale information and saves the data on a blockchain overseen by authorities. There are considerate difficulties faced if institutions are to regain their trust and have hope again, given today's distrust, last year's fear of the pandemic, and the emergence of technology that enables the production of standard sample.