SensNews June 2020

13 Sensor100 2020 The impact of biosensing in a pandemic outbreak: COVID-19 Sensor100 does not ordinarily cover articles in scientific, academic journals believing that our read- ership has ready access to this material and is more interested in commercial and near-commercial de- velopments. However, from time-to-time review ar- ticles appear which are of sufficient importance that it would be remiss of us not to include them. This review by Eden Morales-Narváez and Can Dincer is timely in the middle of worldwide pandemic. In the review the authors highlight: ƒ The crucial role of diagnostics to handle with infectious diseases is highlighted. ƒ Strengths and weaknesses of standard technologies targeting COVID-19 are dis- cussed. ƒ Novel biosensing devices for fighting the next pandemics are discussed. ƒ COVID-19-related biomarkers are underscored. ƒ Recommendations related to biosensing towards pandemic outbreaks are provid- ed. Seven Recommendations: 1. Investment in pandemic preparedness 2. Collaborative networks should be formed 3. Each country should be prepared in terms of manufacture of biosensing technology and protection equipment 4. Collaborative networks should be ready to develop new diagnostic tools 5. Biosensing devices for testing infectious diseases should rigorously satisfy 10 basic requirements 6. IoT, connecting sensors via databases with healthcare workers to realize a decen- tralized healthcare, is also an important tool 7. General population should be trained in advance to perform effective self-sampling/ testing Eden Morales-Narváez & Can Dincer Biosensors and Bioelectronics:Volume 163, 1 September 2020, 112274 Coronavirus