The proposed IoCT platform offers an easy connection between software and hardware which is necessary to achieve a global-level COVID-19 pandemic situational awareness. At the software level, a cloud architecture was developed for the IoCT, and the Sensors incorporated in this study are able to be included into it with minimal effort. At the hardware level, it offers a plug and play connection which will be explored for future research. It offers the possibility for scaling and access to a large number of low-cost sensors (manufactured by different companies) with an interoperable IoT design using the OGC STA as a conceptual modelling layer on top of the AWS. Furthermore, it provides the option of expansion because of the many compatible components which lead to the schematics being fully available.