This article was republished from Big Data Quarterly.
Advancing Data Science for Emergency Management and Public Health Response
By: Jim Scott
May 28, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in March 2020. Private industry across the world has stepped up to help public agencies on the front lines of the pandemic to fast-track vaccine development and provide tools to inform the public on how best to protect themselves and their communities.