id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-031378-iy67xnec Atif, Iqra The Role of Digital Technologies that Could Be Applied for Prescreening in the Mining Industry During the COVID-19 Pandemic 2020-09-03 .txt text/plain 4709 236 50 Potential digital technologies that could be applied to tackle various problems related to COVID-19 pandemic are artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, Internet of medical things (IoMT), smart biosensors and sanitizing equipment. Smart bio-sensor-based face shields can also be used in the mining industry, not only for protection purposes, but also as display screens to highlight any critical information related to the miner's health and safety. Smart boots is another digital technology that can be useful to prevent infectious viruses like COVID-19 by providing the worker contact tracing and ensure social distancing (Fig. 8) . The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine reported that ultraviolet (UV) light-based walkthrough gates possibly could eradicate the coronavirus that contains the deadly Fig. 9 IoT-Q-Band system for real-time monitoring of the health condition of individual and ensure social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus, source: Singh et al. ./cache/cord-031378-iy67xnec.txt ./txt/cord-031378-iy67xnec.txt