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Rehan Aftab Hamdulay, Himanshu Girish Sharma, Bombay College of Pharmacy, Santacruz (East), Mumbai - 400098

1) The document discusses the use of rapid testing kits and artificial intelligence to diagnose and manage COVID-19. 2) It describes different types of COVID-19 tests like rRT-PCR tests and serological tests and notes their advantages and disadvantages. 3) Examples of how artificial intelligence is being used in countries like India, Spain, South Korea, and China to track the virus and predict outbreaks are provided. However, the lack of sufficient data due to the novelty of the virus has hampered the widespread use of AI so far according to the document.

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Rehan Aftab Hamdulay, Himanshu Girish Sharma, Bombay College of Pharmacy, Santacruz (East), Mumbai - 400098

1) The document discusses the use of rapid testing kits and artificial intelligence to diagnose and manage COVID-19. 2) It describes different types of COVID-19 tests like rRT-PCR tests and serological tests and notes their advantages and disadvantages. 3) Examples of how artificial intelligence is being used in countries like India, Spain, South Korea, and China to track the virus and predict outbreaks are provided. However, the lack of sufficient data due to the novelty of the virus has hampered the widespread use of AI so far according to the document.

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COVID-19 CRISIS : RAPID TESTING KITS

AND USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE


Rehan Aftab Hamdulay, Himanshu Girish Sharma,
Bombay College of Pharmacy, Santacruz (East), Mumbai – 400098.

INTRODUCTION
Transmission :

Symptoms :

DIAGNOSIS
1. rRT-PCR : Advantages : 2. Serological tests : Advantages :
• Robust and well documented • Extremely quick, results in just 15 minutes.
technique • Easy to perform, no need of specialist
• Detect current infections of laboratories.
disease, determining who is Disadvantages :
currently infected and who is • Technology is new and accuracy in Coronavirus
not. diagnosis is still being evaluated.
Disadvantages : • Determine if a patient at some point had been
• Possible to miss patients who infected with COVID-19, no assurance of
have cleared virus and current infection.
recovered from disease.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN COVID-19 MANAGEMENT


Examples of AI being used by some countries :
Country/Region Used as Features

India Mobile App – Aarogya Use location and


Setu bluetooth to alert the
user if he/she has come
across an infected
person.
Madrid, Spain Mobile App – Users answer set of
AsistenciaCovid19 questions that tells if
their symptoms are
similar to Covid, advice
to isolate/ seek medical
assistance.
South Korea Mobile App – Self Using GPS, notifies
quarantine safety users when they are
protection found to have been in
contact with a positive
case.
China Modified Auto Encoders Forecasting of Covid-19.

IS CURRENT DATA SUFFICIENT FOR WORLD-WIDE AI USE ?


AI systems at Use expected to
Use of AI
Concerns over AI failed to reduce preliminary stages, surge once
hampered by lack
data privacy, as in effects of the will take time for complete data of
of sufficient data,
Aarogya Setu pandemic so far results to be the disease is
privacy regulations
visible available

CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES :
• AI - important tool in medical sciences. • https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/
• https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports
• Use in right direction - lot of advantages and work easier for
• https://www.bbva.com/en/how-do-covid-19-tracing-apps-work-and-what-kind-of-data-do-they-use/
healthcare professionals. • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7186767/
• Novel virus + lack of data - restricted use and lack of reliable evidence. • http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/using-artificial-intelligence-to-help-combat-covid-19-
• Important when pandemic ends, for further research about virus and ae4c5c21/
disease.

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