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| How big data helps China detect corona viruses? |
With the advent of the new corona virus (nCOV-2019), China began relying on technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data to limit its spread in China. It uses a large database that it manages and has extensive experience in developing group monitoring tools. How big data helps China monitor the spread of the corona virus?
Use of data from telecom operators:
The Chinese government is collecting a lot of data about its citizens because of its vital position and ensuring that citizens must register with their real names when ordering telecommunications services or even buying a new smartphone, and the virus has occurred in Wuhan, China,
Therefore, anyone who needs to prove that he is not near the Wuhan Viral Center in Hubei Province can request his location information from the telecommunications company by sending a text message to one of the three Chinese public telecommunications companies.
He receives a message from the operator with a list of cities and regions he has visited in the past 14 days. Therefore, citizens can make this data available to anyone who can prove that they are not threatened or suspected to be infected with the Coronavirus.
Government application:
With the spread of the Corona virus, the state-run China Electronics Group, in cooperation with many Chinese enterprises, launched a new application called (Close Contact Detector), including: the State Council, the National Health Committee, the Ministry of Rail Transport and the China Aviation Administration.
The principle of application is that every citizen can register with a phone number and then enter his name and identity number. The data is compared to a large database of public agencies to understand whether they have been in close contact with people infected with the virus in the past two weeks.
The data mainly comes from the China Railways Corporation database. These include big data records of Chinese citizens who have used trains for 20 years.
Robotics and artificial intelligence:
Chinese technology companies are developing a range of technical services to fight the epidemic, such as using medical care drones and mapping outbreaks from Wuhan.
The robot also appeared in public places, reminding those who do not wear a mask, as well as developing a system that uses artificial intelligence and infrared cameras to detect fever, while Chinese companies (Baidu) did this by developing a portable detection device that uses infrared technology Used and specified face end; reliable for train stations and metro stations.
The device can picture the face of the traveler. If a body temperature of 37.3 (99 degrees Fahrenheit) or more is detected, an alarm is issued in which station workers perform a second scan, and the device can scan more than 200 people every minute, which is much faster than an airport scanner. Photoelectric cells.