New Delhi: The novel Sars-Cov-2 continues evolving to more critical and infectious variants. Health experts in India have advised against letting the guard down on the fight against the pandemic in the face of the new variant that is anticipated to spread faster through the market places and the festival times.
As certain variants possess mutations that enable them to evade vaccine-related immunity and expedite transmission, people may be prone to further reinfection. With regard to the surveillance and readiness to counter the Omicron variants, it seems the artificial intelligence (AI) approach in line with the Internet of Things (IoT) could provide teeth to the drive.
AI-based machine learning (ML) approach shall pave an effective way to find solutions to such a burgeoning global menace as it is dependent on numerous dependent and interdependent factors and systemic issues that could be beyond human comprehension. An increasing need to apply ML techniques to accurately predict is felt.
Without expressly programmed, ML could be elevated to AI wherein the machine gains knowledge with experience. The data related to the pandemic could be analysed through various ML classifiers. Dataset is trained using ML classifiers and analysed based on the training. Healthcare system will appreciate this strategy and adopt it sooner or later for the common good.
From ‘Renewed Global Threat by the Novel Sars-Cov-2 variants ‘XBB, BF.7, BQ.1, BA.2.75, BA.4.6′: A Discussion’, Frontiers in Virology.
