Technology key to effective response to curb contagionBehind the story of the “flattened curve” in China lies the rigorous activation of Artificial Intelligence (AI), data science and technology to battle Covid-19. In any infectious outbreak, the better the tracking system, the better public institutions can fight it. This is possible when AI platforms are leveraged to develop a viral (Sars-CoV-2) AI solution that could help front-line healthcare workers detect and monitor the disease efficiently. Since the emergence of the Artificial Intelligence in 1950s, Pharma corporations have, for example, utilised the AI platforms to develop drugs. In a global infectious pandemic, technological platforms are key to the effective response to the outbreak.

Source: Standard Digital April 05, 2020 06:22 UTC