The event, which part of the fight against the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), is intended as a platform for project leaders allowing them to demonstrate the potential of their ideas before a jury of experts.

All over the world, the economic, health, social, psychological fallouts from this pandemic are harmful, USMS said in a release, adding that beyond containment, there is shortage of food and pharmaceutical and manufactured products due to the closure of factories, the fall of stock markets, shocks on exports and imports, postponement and cancellation of international conferences and meetings.

Thus, this edition, which emphasizes the aforementioned consequences of the Coronavirus, aims to have proposals for combating the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to halt its spread.

It relates to the search for innovative solutions, whether technological, organizational or managerial, which could be mobilized during the crisis and the post-epidemic crisis with the aim of counteracting the various consequences of Covid-19.

The "Let’s Challenge against Covid-19" competition is intended for students with proposals in several areas, including social distancing measures, applications to geolocate people affected with the coronavirus, automation of tasks for cleaning classrooms, dorms, libraries, science laboratories and study halls, manufacture of hygiene products, decontamination solutions for any type of surface and improvement of the perception of the risk of epidemic by the development of good communication and awareness skills on the crisis and the epidemic.

This edition will be carried out online due to confinement measures.

The last deadline for the submission of projects is April 30, 2020, the source said, adding that as of May 5, 2020, the 10 selected projects will be evaluated online by a jury of experts.

According to the same source, 3 projects will be awarded.