This document discusses how big data and analytics can help address the COVID-19 pandemic. It begins by defining big data and describing its key characteristics of volume, velocity, and variety. It then discusses how the pandemic has led to a large volume of health data and different data types. The document proposes a framework for collecting, analyzing and applying this data through descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive analytics. This framework could help with tasks like epidemic monitoring, early warning, tracing virus sources, and recommending best courses of action. In closing, the document lists several references on big data applications for public health surveillance, resource allocation, and investigating COVID-19 symptoms.