The Canadian researcher who was among the first to predict the deadly spread of COVID-19, Dr. Kamran Khan, says the world needs to change the way it monitors for and reacts to disease outbreaks.
OTTAWA -- The Canadian researcher who was among the first to predict the deadly spread of COVID-19 says the world needs to change the way it monitors for and reacts to disease outbreaks.
The world is changing, he says, and diseases are emerging with greater frequency and having bigger impacts. Khan received the first indication something was amiss in Wuhan, China, on New Year's Eve. The algorithm picked up a blog post in Chinese describing a pneumonia outbreak involving about 20 people.
Using anonymized cell phone data, they've been tracking how much people have been moving about as health officials urge them to stay home. As Canada gets farther from the crest of the first wave of the pandemic, and people begin moving around the country and around the world again, the smoke alarm is going to be important, Khan says.
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