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The whole world is reeling under the brunt of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2 virus or COVID-19 disease) at present Ever since the first case of this highly contagious virus was detected in Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, in December 2019, the disease has spread rapidly in Saudi Arabia and entire world The current situation is extremely critical and as per the data released by WHO (the World Health Organisation), till 22 May 2020, there were 5,265,750 confirmed cases in the world In Saudi Arabia alone there were 67,719 COVID-19 patients till 22 May, 2020 and the numbers continue to rise as more people get afflicted by this virus Generating appropriate, knowledgeable and consistent estimates for the pandemic COVID-19 disease is an enormous challenge Tackling this virus has become the key objective of both the government as well as the entire medical and scientific community across the world Responding to the compelling contingency of COVID-19 pandemic, this research pursuit intends to develop a computational model that can be used to gauge the spread of Coronavirus and predict the most vulnerable regions that are likely to be affected by it Furthermore, the framework of the model also analyzes the impact of Coronavirus on various societal factors Once identified, these factors can be prioritized so as to device accurate and efficient countermeasures For developing the expected model, the study has adopted the Fuzzy-AHP technique of computational modeling Moreover, a decision making technique and severity analysis technique along with the prioritization Fuzzy-AHP approach has been employed to validate the efficacy of the suggested model Through rigorous study of different models of COVID-19, the proposed framework provides the best model to use according to the social factors prevalent in a country After evaluation through fuzzy AHP, the priority of proposed model is found to be the highest amongst the seven other models used for comparison Though the present study is aimed at adding to the government\'s initiatives to counter the current health emergency in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the proposed computational model can be an effective aid for the specialists across the world working on containment strategies to minimise the spread of Coronavirus © 2020, Intelligent Network and Systems Society
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