International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-78021172020090920087802ENPrivate Academic Researcher, BangkokDepartment of Community Medicine, Dr. DY Patil University, Pune, Maharashtra & Department of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China20200909Dear Editor<br />Applied Health Informatics to support for outbreak management is very interesting. Reeves et al. concluded that using electronic computational tool is “an essential tool in supporting the clinical needs of a health system<br />managing the COVID‑19 pandemic”http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/2296http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2296/717718138