[CTuW1] 1. Photonics in the fight against COVID-19

[CTuW1-01] Overview of COVID-19

*Eiichi Tamiya¹ (1. AIST/Osaka University (Japan))

[Presentation Style] Onsite

The pandemic caused by the new coronavirus began in 2019 and was named COVID-19; unlike the pandemic of 100 years ago, humans have been able to rapidly identify this virus, establish diagnostic methods from infection to disease onset, and try to prevent the spread of infection. Photonics has been contributed extremely much to them. An overview for basic understanding of COVID-19 was presented here.