Discussing Artificial Intelligence's Role in Combatting the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is considered one of the most dangerous diseases that have emerged in recent years, as it began at the end of 2019 in China and quickly spread to become a severe epidemic. This virus has become, in a short period of time, threatening millions of the earth's populations, and infected individuals show symptoms that may lead to the loss of their lives. In this article, the author concentrates on the significance and methods of artificial intelligence strategies in facing COVID-19 and the primary role of these technologies. AI techniques have been applied in various areas, including creating diagnostic tools, predicting disease transmission, identifying new treatments, and improving resource allocation. Moreover, these techniques have been employed to analyze medical images to find symptoms of COVID-19 in patients, speeding up diagnosis and reducing transmission risks. Public health professionals can more efficiently allocate resources thanks to machine learning models that have been trained on data from other pandemics to anticipate the spread of COVID-19 and identify possible outbreaks. Large datasets of currently available medications have also been analyzed using AI to find potential new molecules.