AI vs Coronavirus: How AI Helping Fight Against COVID-19?

The Coronavirus outspread has caused panic around the globe, and people are taking all possible steps to tackle this problem. Doctors are using many measures and trying new medicines on patients and till now they have successfully treated many patients. The data shows that around 3 lac and 86 thousand of people have been tested positive for Coronavirus. And out of these people, approximately 16 thousand people have lost their lives, and around 1 lac people have recovered.

The recovery of around 26 percent of people shows that the efforts made by various people are working. Other than doctors, many other bodies are working. One of them is AI, the branch of Computer science that helps society in multiple ways and resolves issues in innovative ways.

1. NanoX

One of the AI technology is NanoX which is working in developing a standing X-ray machine that will help tape topographic images of the lungs. The plan is to install such a device in public places like train stations, airports, seaports and more such places. It will help segregate infected persons from the non-infected persons and maintain data of all the people. This data can be further used to quarantine people and prevent the disease from spreading.

1. Blue Dot

It is an artificial intelligence database organization that uses an algorithm based on machine learning and natural language processing to analyze information from various sources and keep track of infectious people. Blue Dot has been warning its customers to avoid Wuhan according to the database it has. Blue Dot also predicted outbreaks in Asian cities by studying flight paths and itineraries.

3. Dearden

Some scientists from Korean-based firm Deargen Inc. made a report on simplified chemical sequence instead of 2D and 3D molecular structures. This was a study to find out how strongly a molecule of interest will bind to a target protein. It was found that FDA-approved antiviral drugs like Atazanavir (that was prescribed for HIV) can bind and block a protein on the SARS-Cov-2, the virus which causes Coronavirush. The model also detected three more antivirals that might restrict the virus.

4. Deep Mind

Deep Mind, another product of computer science helps by using Artificial Intelligence to resolve issues innovatively. After the Coronavirus killed many people worldwide, the team behind the application has been working to find the properties of the deadly virus. It is also working on the structure predictions of several under-studied proteins which are linked to SARS-CoV-2, the other name of Coronavirus.

So here is how again technology and AI are joining hands to save the day once again. As computer scientists are working to heal the world, you do your bit and stay home. Stay safe and take care.

Summary: Artificial Intelligence has been resolving issues since its inception, and the story remains the same as the pandemic outbreak wreaks havoc on the earth. Read the article to understand how artificial intelligence is helping fight against the virus.