India, March 19 -- As the world reels under the effects of the Coronavirus, there is a frenetic activity in the world of artificial intelligence and data science to figure out ways this pandemic can be contained. There's significant progress made already.

In this post, we look at some of the ways artificial intelligence is helping fight the Coronavirus crisis, globally.

Forecasting the spread

Social media giants like Facebook have collaborated with Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University and Harvard University. These organizations share data pertaining to people's movement as well as population density maps, which helps identify areas susceptible to the spread of the virus, which helps deploy adequate preventive measures.

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