WHO to use WhatsApp service for Covid-19 developed in SA
The free service uses artificial intelligence to offer information on coronavirus topics ranging from symptoms to debunking myths about it
25 March 2020 - 17:07
The World Health Organisation (WHO) plans to reach at least 50-million people with a WhatsApp information service that delivers information on demand about the coronavirus and is so successful in SA it will be used around the world.
The free service, the first of its kind launched globally by the WHO, garnered 10-million users within three days of its March 20 launch. It employs artificial intelligence (AI) to offer information on topics ranging from symptoms of the disease and where to get tested to debunking myths about it...
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