COVID-19: a challenge for smart cities in the decalogue of public health
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The objective of this document is to describe and analyze the characteristics that define smart cities applicable in the pandemic due to the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus within the framework of the principles that make up the Decalogue of public health, the one aimed at addressing diseases and health problems that affect populations. From the approach of documentary review of the bibliography and inclusion of theoretical research findings with solid methodological bases, precise objectives, and original and well-defined conclusions. The results, after the information was placed in categories strictly related to their conceptual similarities, were grouped into the following sections: the characteristics that define smart cities and the challenge that the COVID-19 pandemic represents in health matters in the context of public health, as well as specific aspects in the fight against disease that can be addressed in smart cities and socio-demographic variables that must be reviewed in this field. In conclusion, the relevant facts are presented with the perspective of offering information that allows health organizations and scholars in the field to elucidate the role of smart cities in mitigating the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and any other future disease for its ability to largely conform to the decalogue of public health.
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