How the Wuhan epidemic was alerted early by artificial intelligence

Time is of the essence throughout the kind of virus epidemic that China and other nations currently deal with. The faster the alarm, the greater the possibility of suppressing the contagion.

One concern, however, is that often governments are reluctant to share details. This was the situation in 2002 and 2003 when Chinese officials were suspected of covering up the SARS disease, which eventually took more than 740 lives worldwide.