When starting any new app or software development project, it is important to consider the various steps necessary for its final rollout. A development and testing plan is an imperative aspect to the successful completion of any project. The most popular development and software lifecycle management models include: waterfall (SDLC), Rapid Software Development (ASD), extreme programming, and spiral model among others. Waterfall is a classical SDLC methodology that follows logical progression of linear and sequential phases within the project lifecycle process. Adaptive software development (ASD) is a direct outgrowth of an earlier agile framework, rapid application development (RAD). It aims to enable teams to quickly and effectively adapt to changing requirements or market needs by evolving their products with lightweight planning and continuous learning.
China has advised that people do not travel to and from South Korea, Iran, any of China, Japan, Italy and Mongolia. In terms of safety measures, China has stated that people should, at this point, continue to take normal safety measures such as washing your hands often with soap and water and staying a distance away from people who may be infected, making sure that everyone uses a tissue or covers their mouth when they sneeze, and to avoid contact with any sick people, whether or not you believe they may be infected with the virus. Another safety measure that China has implemented is funding the production of personal protective equipment. The UN has devoted $15 million US dollars to research of Coronavirus. In the last 6 weeks the manufacturing of personal protective equipment has risen 60%. So far, 89 million masks, 30 million gowns, 1.59 million goggles, 76 million gloves, 2.9 million litres of hand sanitiser have been sold. Furthermore, China is asking infected people to ‘self-isolate’ for 2 weeks to avoid further contamination.
I strongly believe that the best possible strategy for containing the Coronavirus is stopping travel and asking people to self-isolate, as it is the only drastic measures that can be taken that result in reduced infection rates.
Recommendations on How the Coronavirus Could Be Contained If Australia Was to Experience an Outbreak:
As Australia is an island, we need to remember that we can take measures to ensure no new sources of the virus are going to come into Australia. As such, if we properly contain all the current known cases, and also enforce strategies at the border, and then we are sure to see a dramatic decline in new cases. Therefore, there are 2 main strategies that should be implemented if Australia was to experience an outbreak; Government enforced isolation of infected people, and screenings for incoming tourists coming off planes/cruise ships.
First of all, in preparation for if an outbreak was ever going to happen in Australia, the Government, the World Health Organisation, and the UN all need to provide funding to build new buildings for the purpose of quarantine. The ideal location for these centres would be somewhere in remote Australia, therefore no-one can possibly incidentally catch it. This would result in much quicker isolation in case of an emergency.
Second, the government should be looking to screen every person coming off a plane/boat looking to come into Australia. As Australia is an island, you are unable to come here just by walking across a border. Therefore, if the Government was to screen everyone coming into Australia for new cases of the virus, there could not possibly be any more cases than we already know about.
