The Role of Augmented Intelligence (AI) in Detecting and Preventing the Spread of Novel Coronavirus

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In late 2019, a novel coronavirus was identified – 2019-nCoV [1]. This is likely the third time in three decades that a zoonotic coronavirus has jumped from infecting animals to humans [2]. As of today, 213 have died and 9809 have been infected in China with the center of the outbreak being located in Wuhan but now having spread, with confirmed cases twenty-two other countries [3]. While the fatality rate of 2019-nCoV is less than other recent respiratory virus outbreaks, it remains much higher than other commonly encountered causes of respiratory infection but its full impact is yet undetermined [4]. The World Health Organization (WHO) has now declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a public-health emergency of international concern. …