How does "online payment" contribute to fighting the coronavirus?

The novel coronavirus highlighted the critical importance of the electronic payment service during periods of disease and epidemics, as it contributes in one way or another to reducing the chances of friction with the means that transmit the virus.

China and a number of countries around the world live on the impact of the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed 2,800 people and infected about 82,000 others.

The spread of the virus through the air (saliva spray and cough) represents the launching of instructions not to mix as much as possible and sterilize the tools in circulation among people.

Online payment

The means of "electronic payment", which have spread widely in recent years, came to provide a quick solution for those who live in areas where the virus is spread.

Electronic payment would contribute to limiting the spread of corona, given that people will not have to deal with each other with banknotes, which may be "endemic."

Concerns about the spread of infected banknotes made Chinese banks sterilize them by using ultraviolet rays or high temperatures and then storing them for a certain period of time before circulating to ensure that they do not contain any residue of the virus.

And Internet users rely on services such as "Google Pay", "Samsung Pay", "Apple Pay", "Paypal" and "Venmo" on smart phones to complete their financial transactions without the need for banknotes.

The service works by adding your credit card to the application, with the aim of using it during the payment process.

Banks say "electronic payment is a safe, easy and fast service for completing financial transactions anytime and anywhere".

According to statistics, the Chinese application "WeChat" is the largest mobile payment platform in the world, with more than one billion users.

Robots

And technology contributed to the emergence of sophisticated and smart robots into existence, doing human action, which was evident in Chinese hospitals, in conjunction with the spread of corona.

Hospital operators in China have resorted to robots to provide services to patients infected with the virus.

The robots roam the sick rooms to provide them with food, without any direct contact with the nurses, for fear that the disease will spread to them.

Drones

The Chinese authorities have also resorted to using "Drones" to instruct residents about wearing medical masks or not to leave homes and other necessary advice, with firm and unrelenting words of reprimand.

The authorities use this new method, whether in rural areas or in the streets of crowded cities, by launching small drones from which they send voice messages with the voice of "wise old women".

The previous examples show the extent to which technology has become of great benefit to humans, and to what degree it contributes to protecting it from health risks.