How Technology Is Helping in the Fight Against Coronavirus: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Drones and Robots

Source: Coronavirus Dashboard, John Hopkins University

Before the World Health Organization notified the public of a flu-like outbreak in China on January 9, BlueDot, a Canadian health monitoring company had already warned its clients of the outbreak on December 31. The company uses an AI (Artificial Intelligence)-driven algorithm that scraps foreign-language news reports, forums and blogs, and announcements from public health officials to give its customers early warning of possible outbreaks of Coronavirus in areas like Wuhan.

By analyzing global airline ticketing data, BlueDot correctly predicted that the virus would go from Wuhan to Bangkok, Seoul, Taipei, and Tokyo in the days following its initial outbreak by monitoring where the infected residents are headed next. Read More...