How China is using AI to Track the Coronavirus Spread?
Coronavirus has spread to at least 100 other
countries since the first report of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China. As
China made a response to the virus, it leaned on its strong technological
advancements sector and especially artificial intelligence (AI), data science
and technology for tracking and fighting the pandemic while tech leaders
including Alibaba, Baidu, Huawei and more accelerated company’s healthcare
people. As the virus continues to spread too many other countries, tech
startups are integrally involved with clinicians, academics, and government
entities around the world to activate technology.
Following are
the 10 ways artificial intelligence, data science and technology are being used
to manage and fight against this growing COVID-19.
Forecast outbreaks and
identification through AI
As it is said, the better we track the virus,
the better we can fight it. Artificial Intelligence can learn to detect an
outbreak through analyzing news reports, social media platforms and government
document. By using AI, however it facilitates tracking infectious diseases
risks just like the service Canadian startup Bluedot. Though, several days
before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the WHO “World Health
Organization” issued their public warnings.
AI helps in diagnosing the
Virus
Front-line healthcare workers can detect and
monitor the disease efficiently with the use of Artificial Intelligence company
Infervision launched a coronavirus AI solution. With the increased workload
created by the virus, imaging departments in healthcare facilities are being
taxed. This solution however improves CT diagnosis speed.
Process healthcare claims
Dealing with the surge of patients, it’s not
only the clinical operations of healthcare systems that are being taxed bust
also the administrative divisions and business. Between patients and hospital
staff, a blockchain platform offered by Ant Financial helps speed up claims
processing and diminishes the amount of direct communication.
Drones deliver medical
supplies
Drone delivery is said to be one of the
safest and fastest method to get medical supplies where they need to go during
a disease outbreak. With low risk between Xinchang country’s disease control
centre and the People’s Hospital, Terra Drone is using its unmanned aerial
vehicles to transport medical samples and quarantine material. There are
numerous uses of Drones. They are also used to patrol public spaces, track
non-compliance to quarantine necessitates and for thermal imaging.
Robots deliver food and
supplies and perform other tasks
For reducing the human-to-human contact,
robots aren’t susceptible to the virus, so they are being developed to complete
various tasks in terms of cleaning and sterilizing and delivering food and
medications. For autonomously killing the bacteria and viruses, UVD robots from
Blue Ocean Robotics use ultraviolet light. Pudu Technology deployed its robots
that are typically used in the catering industry to more than 40 hospitals
across the country in China.
Advanced fabrics offer
protection
Companies such as Israeli
startup Sonovia hope to arm healthcare systems and others with face
masks made from their anti-pathogen, anti-bacterial fabric that relies on
metal-oxide nanoparticles.
Coronavirus Outbreak is affecting
the Global Economy
Ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Cornovirus is a large family of viruses that can
cause infections. With the cause of pneumonia such as lung lesions, the virus
attacks the respiratory system.
Whereas, the other ones that cause Middle
East Respiratory Syndrome fare more severe and some of the virus types can
cause less serious disease.
Throughout the world, an outbreak of a
similar virus, SARS killed more than 900 people in 2003.
Well, if you are healthy, you need not have a
mask but if you feel sick and unwell, it is better you wear your mask wherever
you go. There’s no proof in it that wearing masks on healthy people will save
them. Wearing them incorrectly can increase infection too as they tend to touch
their face more often.
When should you wear a mask? The time when
you feel sick or you leave the house. If you suffer from flu or think you have
Covid, that’s when you’d put on a mask to protect the people around you. Also,
if you stay at home and you don’t feel good, you should wear a mask to protect
your family members.
There are other experts who have warned that
face masks aren’t much use and might signify a “false sense of safety”. The
International Air Transport Association (IATA), David Powell, a doctor and
medical advisor even stated a warning that face masks do little to stop the
spread of the microorganisms on the planes. The professional also told that the
air in a plane cabin exists through the filters-the similar kind implemented in
the hospital and medical healthcare centres-eliminating upwards of 99.97 per
cent of viruses.
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