As everyone knows, the corona virus, which has been traced back to its origin in China, has spread globally and created massive issues socially and economically. China, being the world leader they are relied heavily on their advanced healthcare and AI technologies in order to track and gather where the virus may have started and where it will go. This intelligence helped prevent many more people from being infected but, its capabilities are endless and we are just starting to recognize that.

New companies like Bluedot and other competitors have began to use AI as a way to track, prevent, treat and predict outbreaks on a national or global level. These artificial intelligence sequences use social media, doctors submissions, travel logs and a multitude of other factors to help predict when an outbreak will occur. The Canadian company, Bluedots, algorithm has even been so accurate it predicted the threat of an outbreak days before the CDC or the WHO published their public warnings.

Not only can this AI help track and prevent outbreak they can also help on a more person by person level. This technology can be used to diagnose people, process claims and payments, medicine delivery and other vital aspects of the the healthcare industry. We are just beginning to see the (potential) benefits of artificial intelligence, no matter what occupation it is used in, and the advancement of the industry could have major beneficial effects for the world population, as a whole.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2020/03/13/coronavirus-how-artificial-intelligence-data-science-and-technology-is-used-to-fight-the-pandemic/#6d99834f5f5f