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Towards a System to Monitor the Virus’s Aerosol-Type Spreading

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Computer Science Protecting Human Society Against Epidemics (ANTICOVID 2021)

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Recent scientific studies indicate that attention should be paid to the indoor spread of the Covid-19 virus. It is recommended to reduce the number of visitors to the premises and to provide frequent ventilation of the premises. The problem is that it is not known what the risk of infection is in a particular room at a specific time, when and what actions should be taken to reduce the risk. We offer a system that helps monitor the conditions in the premises with the help of sensors, calculate the risk of infection and provide information to reduce the infection risk. We give an insight into the created prototype with data collection from public spaces and data visualization according to user needs.

Supported by the National Research Program of Latvia, Project No. VPP-COVID-2020/1-0025.

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  1. Faculty of Computing, University of Latvia, Raina bulvaris 19, Riga, 1586, Latvia

    Guntis Arnicans, Laila Niedrite, Darja Solodovnikova & Janis Zemnickis

  2. Institute of Numerical Modelling, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

    Janis Virbulis

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Arnicans, G., Niedrite, L., Solodovnikova, D., Virbulis, J., Zemnickis, J. (2021). Towards a System to Monitor the Virus’s Aerosol-Type Spreading. In: Byrski, A., Czachórski, T., Gelenbe, E., Grochla, K., Murayama, Y. (eds) Computer Science Protecting Human Society Against Epidemics. ANTICOVID 2021. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 616. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86582-5_9

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