  The objective of this article is to explore the Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) interventions and its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
threats for the containment of the pandemic spread of novel Coronavirus. The
research adopted a qualitative research approach, while the study data were
collected through online content review and Focus Group Discussion (FGD).
Starting with a preliminary set of about 1200 electronic resources or contents,
56 were selected for review study, applying an inclusion and exclusion
criteria. The review study revealed ICT interventions that include websites and
dashboards, mobile applications, robotics and drones, artificial intelligence
(AI), data analytic, wearable and sensor technology, social media and learning
tools, and interactive voice response (IVR) as well as explored their
respective usages to combat the pandemic spread of COVID-19. Later, the FGD was
replicated with 22 participants and explored the possible strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of deploying such technologies to
fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This research not only explores the
exiting status of ICT interventions to fight with the COVID-19 pandemic but
also provides a number of implications for the government, practitioners,
doctors, policymakers and researchers for the effective utilization of the
existing ICT interventions and for the future potential research and
technological development to the containment of the pandemic spread of COVID-19
and future pandemics.
