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This paper presents how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the course of the mobile robotics market, showing the status of mobile robots in three stages: before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. By analyzing these stages, it is possible to estimate what awaits this market in the future. From the many applications of mobile robots found during the COVID- 19 pandemic, as will be shown later, it is clear that mobile robots will be an important part of the future influencing the accelerated growth of their market and development.

This article presents an investigation about the different applications of mobile robots in the fight against the Covid- 19 pandemic. It shows the different contributions of companies around the world that seek to adapt to the new needs in order to be able to mitigate the progress of the Covid-19 using mobile robots as a tool, focusing primarily in the area of health and service.

Introduction The first Malaysian case of covid-19 was the ninth case reported at the beginning of February 2020 . This 42-year-old businessman had a travel history to Singapore from 16th to 23rd January 2020 for an International Conference. He was also the index case of the first local transmission cluster in Malaysia . Malaysia was free of COVID-19 cases for 11 days before the second wave of the disease arrived late February 2020 . Most of the early cases in the second wave were initially imported and sporadic . However, a case notified on 28th February 2020 to Petaling District Health Office (DHO) in the Selangor State, Malaysia, was later found to link to a cluster from a business corporate in Malaysia . During this time, there was no specific guidelines from the Ministry of Health Malaysia for the corporate companies on handling the outbreak. Here, we reported the detection and management of this COVID-19 first business cluster in Malaysia by Petaling DHO. Objective This study aimed to report the detection and management of COVID-19 from the first and one of the largest clusters linked to a business corporate in Malaysia from Petaling District, Selangor Material and Methods This is a descriptive study analysis that was conducted from the surveillance data of Petaling district health office (DHO) notified on 28th February 2020 until 22nd of March 2020. All cases and contacts were identified through surveillance, epidemiological investigation, and laboratory investigation. The network graph was done using the software R and the epidemiology curve was done using Microsoft Excel. Results and Discussion From 28th February to 22nd March 2020, a total of 1536 people were traced by Petaling DHO linked to the cluster. The total number of positive COVID-19 cases from this cluster was 126 out of 1536 which come to an attack rate of 8.2% 63 of them, which was 50% of the total number in the cluster, lived in Petaling District. Other positive cases were transferred to the respective districts according to their house addresses. Conclusion Cluster of COVID-19 in this workplace setting was curbed quickly, within three weeks, due to the efficient control efforts by the Petaling DHO with mutual co-operation with the employer and other related DHO. They did all the necessary measures to prevent the outbreak from getting worse and bigger.

Medical and health education is characterized by its situated teaching, where students develop their competencies in the clinical field and where the interactions between the teacher, the student, and the patient play a vital role in academic success. The outbreak of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) has forced many schools worldwide to change their teaching model, moving from face-to-face to virtual instruction (online education), which for the educator in medicine and health sciences has resulted in breaking the teaching paradigm towards the use of technology. The objective of this research is to describe the perception of the professors in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Tecnologico de Monterrey about their transition to distance education during the period of the health contingency. The research presented uses a quantitative method with a non-experimental design and descriptive analysis. In this study participated 141 medical and health educators. The results indicate that the participants have experienced a paradigm shift in the integration and appropriation of technology, being able to recognize advantages and disadvantages and break with pre-established beliefs. This study concludes that the model established by the university accomplished its purpose, leading to the adoption of technology by professors and the establishment of a favorable environment for academic continuity. Moreover, this study points to better acquisition of knowledge for Faculty Development by identifying strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats.