The COVID-19 outbreak initiated from the Chinese city of Wuhanand eventually affected almost every nation around the globe. From China,the disease started spreading to the rest of the world. After China, Italybecame t...The COVID-19 outbreak initiated from the Chinese city of Wuhanand eventually affected almost every nation around the globe. From China,the disease started spreading to the rest of the world. After China, Italybecame the next epicentre of the virus and witnessed a very high death toll.Soon nations like the USA became severely hit by SARS-CoV-2 virus. TheWorld Health Organisation, on 11th March 2020, declared COVID-19 a pandemic. To combat the epidemic, the nations from every corner of the worldhas instituted various policies like physical distancing, isolation of infectedpopulation and researching on the potential vaccine of SARS-CoV-2. Toidentify the impact of various policies implemented by the affected countrieson the pandemic spread, a myriad of AI-based models have been presented toanalyse and predict the epidemiological trends of COVID-19. In this work, theauthors present a detailed study of different articial intelligence frameworksapplied for predictive analysis of COVID-19 patient record. The forecastingmodels acquire information from records to detect the pandemic spreadingand thus enabling an opportunity to take immediate actions to reduce thespread of the virus. This paper addresses the research issues and correspondingsolutions associated with the prediction and detection of infectious diseaseslike COVID-19. It further focuses on the study of vaccinations to cope withthe pandemic. Finally, the research challenges in terms of data availability,reliability, the accuracy of the existing prediction models and other open issuesare discussed to outline the future course of this study.展开更多
文摘The COVID-19 outbreak initiated from the Chinese city of Wuhanand eventually affected almost every nation around the globe. From China,the disease started spreading to the rest of the world. After China, Italybecame the next epicentre of the virus and witnessed a very high death toll.Soon nations like the USA became severely hit by SARS-CoV-2 virus. TheWorld Health Organisation, on 11th March 2020, declared COVID-19 a pandemic. To combat the epidemic, the nations from every corner of the worldhas instituted various policies like physical distancing, isolation of infectedpopulation and researching on the potential vaccine of SARS-CoV-2. Toidentify the impact of various policies implemented by the affected countrieson the pandemic spread, a myriad of AI-based models have been presented toanalyse and predict the epidemiological trends of COVID-19. In this work, theauthors present a detailed study of different articial intelligence frameworksapplied for predictive analysis of COVID-19 patient record. The forecastingmodels acquire information from records to detect the pandemic spreadingand thus enabling an opportunity to take immediate actions to reduce thespread of the virus. This paper addresses the research issues and correspondingsolutions associated with the prediction and detection of infectious diseaseslike COVID-19. It further focuses on the study of vaccinations to cope withthe pandemic. Finally, the research challenges in terms of data availability,reliability, the accuracy of the existing prediction models and other open issuesare discussed to outline the future course of this study.