An AI algorithm developed in Singapore is predicting when coronavirus will end in Southeast Asia.
Coronavirus pandemic has already changed the fabric of life as we know it. Lockdowns have affected almost all businesses, led to people being laid off, students studying at home, and workers being furloughed. It is no surprise that everyone is now wondering when these restrictions will be fully removed.
Countries in Europe and the US have already started easing some of these restrictions. Italy, for instance, has started lifting lockdowns in some of its city and life is slowly coming back to normal. However, the virus is still spreading, though not as rampant as a few months ago when it spread across these countries and caused huge damages.
When coronavirus will end in Southeast Asia
In southeast Asia, the same question of when they will return back to normal is lingering in everyone’s mind. To their credit, the region has handled the spread of the virus with much efficiency compared to many parts of the world. However, it has also affected businesses and restrictions imposed by their respective governments sometimes have been more aggressive than western countries.
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) however, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) that might have an idea on when the coronavirus will end in different countries. The algorithm made use of data around the world such as confirmed cases, the number of recoveries, and deaths to determine when coronavirus will end in a given country.
The AI predicted that on May 9th, Singapore will have a 97 percent chance of having ended coronavirus in the country. BY May 15th, the chances increases to 99 percent and the AI predicted that by June 10th, the entire country will have recovered. The model also showed that Indonesia cases will end on July 30th, Malaysia and the Philippines on July 8th and Vietnam on May 14th.
The data gave signs of positive progress in the fight against coronavirus which has already infected more than 3.3 million people and caused more than 234,000 deaths. The data also shows when the economies of these countries will start coming online and getting people rehired.
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