TECHNOLOGY AND ITS FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.

The pandemic generated by COVID-19 has completed one year since its appearance in the city of WUHAN (China), and all the efforts made to try to eradicate or control this deadly virus seem not to have yielded positive results, this after the appearance in Brazil of the new strain or variant of CORONAVIRUS. Although the fight has been quite arduous and this has been demonstrated with the vaccination process that is already being carried out in many countries. The use of masks in the world population has been mandatory, this in order to prevent the massive spread of this virus that has caused the deaths of millions of people even there are countries that place fines on people who do not use them. There have been many technological contributions that have been developed to deal with this virus, one of the most recent technological advances that have been developed are the smart masks. From this point of view, the companies that manufacture common face masks must comply with the regulations established by the World Health Organization (WHO), which states that the most effective masks for protection against this virus are FFP3 and FFP2, since they have a greater filtering capacity and a lower risk of leakage. Based on the above, technology companies have launched the development of smart masks with high-tech materials that allow maintaining filtered and optimized conditions in order to prevent the spread of the virus and thus reduce the number of deaths that this virus is causing in the population. In conclusion, we can infer that the advances that have been made to try to avoid the massive spread of this virus have been of great relevance since they have yielded positive results in many cases, but in my particular opinion the best way to prevent the virus from continuing its expansion is to comply as citizens with all the biosecurity standards that have been established by health agencies.