To speed up the process of detecting the novel coronavirus in suspected patients in under a minute, an artificial intelligence (AI) based software has been developed by the National Institute of Electronics (NIE). Called Cov-Raid AI Detection, it can detect the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) virus in the lungs in just a minute. The Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan (DRAP) has already approved the revolutionary new system. COv-Raid will use X-Rays along with oxygen saturation of the blood to determine whether a person is infected or not. Currently, the only reliable method to detect the virus is to take a nasal swab from the patient and then use a PCR test on the samples to check for contagion.

Source: The Express Tribune November 22, 2020 05:24 UTC