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Thereâs low risk of third wave in SA but donât let your guard down
By Chulumanco Mahamba
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Johannesburg - There is a low risk of a third wave of Covid-19 in South Africa, however, the country is still highly vulnerable, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm designed by Wits shows.
Wits announced on Monday that an AI-based algorithm the university designed in partnership with iThemba LABS, the Gauteng provincial government and York University in Canada, showed that there was a low risk of a third infection wave of Covid-19 in all provinces of South Africa.
The university said the AI-powered early detection system functioned by predicting future daily confirmed cases, based on historical data from South Africaâs past infection history.
But the country is still highly vulnerable 12 April 2021 - 08:58 By TimesLIVE An artificial intelligence algorithm has found the risk of a third wave of Covid-19 infections remains low in the country. Image: 123RF.COM
Amid fears of the possibility of the country experiencing a third wave of Covid-19 infections, models show there is a low risk although the country remains vulnerable.
This is according to a finding using an artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm designed by the University of the Witwatersrand in partnership with iThemba LABS, the provincial government of Gauteng and York University in Canada. Wits University said the AI-powered early detection system functions by predicting future daily confirmed cases based on historical data from SA’s past infection history. It includes features such as mobility indices, stringency indices and epidemiological parameters.
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