Siriwardhana, YushanYushanSiriwardhanaGur, GurkanGurkanGurYlianttila, MikaMikaYlianttilaLiyanage, MadhusankaMadhusankaLiyanage2020-11-172020-11-172020 The K2020-11ICT Express2405-9595http://hdl.handle.net/10197/11706COVID-19 pandemic caused a massive impact on healthcare, social life, and economies on a global scale. Apparently, technology has a vital role to enable ubiquitous and accessible digital health services in pandemic conditions as well as against “re-emergence” of COVID-19 disease in a post-pandemic era. Accordingly, 5G systems and 5G-enabled e-health solutions are paramount. This paper highlights methodologies to effectively utilize 5G for e-health use cases and its role to enable relevant digital services. It also provides a comprehensive discussion of the implementation issues, possible remedies and future research directions for 5G to alleviate the health challenges related to COVID-19.enThis is an open access article published under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).COVID-19PandemicIoTE-healthCoronavirusJournal Article7224425210.1016/j.icte.2020.10.0022020-11-07789658318927319669https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/