AI-Powered Tools in Controlling the Spread of COVID-19

Yihan Lai

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on human society. This article introduces and evaluates the role of artificial intelligence in pharmaceutical, assisted surgery, screening, tracking, information dissemination and other fields. Artificial intelligence has made progress in these areas and still has potential. At the same time, the development of artificial intelligence in this field could still be useful after the pandemic is over.


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Artificial Intelligence; COVID-19; Coronavirus

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18686/esta.v9i3.241

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