How AI Can Help to Tackle Coronavirus Pandemic?

• By Riya Roy
• 22-04-2020
• Artificial Intelligence

The deadly novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is no secret anymore, with its rapid spread around the world.

Till now, there have been over 21,59,450 infections and 1,45,568 deaths across the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) has publicized the Coronavirus as a Global Pandemic!

Most of the countries are gripped with this virus, and in some countries like China and Italy, the situation is even out of control. However, the governments in these countries are trying their best to thwart the effect of COVID - 19 by imposing lockdowns and quarantines; unfortunately, the positive cases are still increasing at an alarming rate.

According to a recent study, Artificial Intelligence (AI) can become a helpful tool to observe and retaliate to the crisis at this time when the Coronavirus outbreak has already happened at global level. With the help of AI, it’s quite easy to keep an eye on real-time information and track the spread of such an outbreak. This may help the masses to stay alert and be ready to fight against this global health emergency.

Following are the ways Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help to manage and fight this global Pandemic:

Forecast Epidemics

Ever pondered, why couldn’t we control this global epidemic, despite all the medical advancements?

The answer is simple.

THE WORLD WAS NOT READY FOR THIS DEADLY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS!

What if, we already knew about this?

Well, this may not have become a global health emergency.

Artificial Intelligence could have helped prevent this global epidemic, by scrutinizing data on social media platforms and news reports. AI has got a tremendous capability to make predictions. It could not only forecast the upcoming outbreak, but also could have provided us enough time to prepare.

You may have heard about BlueDot, a Canadian start-up, that has built a sophisticated AI platform to track the risk of this contagious diseases. Even, the Bluedot’s AI had warned about the threat before Corona Pandemic Outbreak.

Diagnosis about the Virus
AI can not only alert us of a forthcoming epidemic but also can help doctors and healthcare workers to identify and monitor the infection accurately.

AI improves diagnosis speed. According to Alibaba, a Chinese tech company, AI in CT scans can detect the virus in just 20 seconds. This may save a lot of time, and may help in slowing down the spread of COVID – 19.

AI Based Drones Can Deliver Medical Supplies Faster
During this Corona Pandemic outbreak, traveling is risky. But, since medical supplies are inevitable, there has to be a medium that can provide them.

AI is the best solution in this situation as well!

The fastest and safest way to get medical supplies, is through drones. You can control drones and get medical supplies without any risk of getting infected. With this solution, people will be safe and hospitals and medical centers will get medical supplies on time.

In The Nutshell!
Tough problem calls for modern solutions!

Thus, AI is here.

AI can play a crucial role in preparing the world to fight against further threats by such health disasters in future. Many app development company has started AI app Development.