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C o vi d 1 9 SARS CoV-2 infection is spreading similar to wildfire across the globe. There have been already more than 2.5 million documented infected cases, causing more than 177 thousand fatalities. The fact is that it took ninetythree days to the first million people, but for the second million, it took only thirteen days to happen. A large part of the globe is under lockdown with despair lingering, and this universe in disarray. We need to look for competent and advanced technological solutions to combat this pandemic (and similar epidemics and pandemics in the future); otherwise, we could be staring at an unmanageable crisis. Surge demands of critical care facilities have broken down the best health-care models in the world and facilities. The best industries have failed in providing even the simple protective suits to their governments. There is a need to rethink why the health-care sector has been so ineffective in treating such an infectious disease. We believe and recommend that the latest emerging technologies be urgently adopted at the global level, and the governments need to reinvest resources in making healthy nations, not powerful nations. Significantly more investment in health care is the need of the day, especially in preventive medicine, community health, and disaster management. The most critical asset in fighting this disease is our frontline doctors and health-care workers. However, unfortunately, our system has failed in saving them from this infection