The coronavirus pandemic quickly overwhelmed the healthcare infrastructure of countries around the world. In the United States, for instance, the situation was exacerbated by the initial release of faulty test kits, which subsequently resulted in an inability to accurately screen potential patients for the disease.
However, there were also missed opportunities to pre-screen potential coronavirus carriers at ports of entry. Rather than surveying unsuspecting carriers about their recent travels, authorities like the Transportation Security Administration could have benefitted greatly from the use of AI-enabled computer vision technologies capable of detecting symptoms associated with COVID-19 ? such as fevers and abnormal respiratory patterns ? with high precision and in real time.
