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Technology key to effective response to curb contagion

Behind the story of the “flattened curve” in China lies the rigorous activation of Artificial Intelligence (AI), data science and technology to battle Covid-19. China relied on her robust tech infrastructure to track and fight the outbreak. Government worked with tech-startups like Alibaba and Huawei to provide clinicians, academics and government entities with necessary support in disease surveillance and epidemic modelling among other epidemiologic activities.

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