Guest Editorial Special Issue on the Role of Smart Sensing for Communicable Diseases (Including COVID-19)

Communicable diseases spread quickly among people and animals by an infectious medium, including bacteria, viruses, etc. Recently, the world has witnessed the biggest outbreak of the century due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. The immaculate amalgamation of sensor technology helps people to deal with such diseases. This led to motivation amongst the researchers to employ smart sensor technologies to detect, prevent, and control the lively growth of such communicable diseases. Smart sensors include biosensors, wearable sensors, unmanned vehicles, bedsheet sensors, etc., which help prevent and control communicable diseases. These smart sensors collect real-time data about the transmissibility of the disease that can be further processed using advanced machine-learning techniques. The huge real-time sensory data help obtain more precise outcomes and expedite the efficient use of smart sensors for diagnosing communicable disease viruses.