KARACHI: Head of the prime minister’s ‘Digital Pakistan’ initiative Tania Aidrus on Monday announced that the federal government has launched a chatbot to handle frequent issues and provides info concerning the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Digital Pakistan crew has created the software to assist the well being emergency efforts by offering a web-based triage in an infection diagnostics.
“Our team wanted to build an effective way to get information out to Pakistanis. We’ve launched a chatbot to address common concerns on #Coronavirus. You can find labs near you and even do a quick test to assess your risk of #Coronavirus. Please try it out!” the previous Google government wrote on Twitter.
To entry the chatbot, a consumer can message the Facee-book web page of Ministry of Nationwide Well being Service, Laws and Coordination (NHSRCOfficial) on Messenger and get began. The chatbot permits messaging in each Urdu and English languages.
The know-how solutions questions in regards to the signs, methods to guard your self, danger evaluation, and shares details about nearest labs for the coronavirus check.
The chatbot is powered by synthetic intelligence that solutions fundamental questions in regards to the virus and if a consumer desires to evaluate in the event that they want a COVID-19 check or not, it’ll advocate testing based mostly on questions similar to “do you have fever above 100?”, “do you have cough?”, “have you travelled in the last 14 days?” or in case you have “pre-existing conditions”.
Moreover the chatbot, Ms Aidrus stated the federal government was utilizing knowledge and know-how to ‘get ahead of the coronavirus’.
“We’re using data analytics techniques and cutting edge technology to get ahead of the #Coronavirus. We’re trying to modernize and streamline data collection from the frontlines. We have some of the best @CodeforPakistan engineers available in Pakistan volunteering their support,” she wrote.
On Monday, the Digital Pakistan head stated a nationwide dashboard had been arrange for the general public to entry knowledge round COVID-19 in actual time.
“I’d like to thank @CodeForPakistan for setting up the national dashboard in such short notice. We now have a holistic view of the active cases from across the country. This will aid in providing timely and data driven decisions as the situation changes in real time. #CoronaVirus,” she tweeted on Monday.
The dashboard will be accessed on the Nationwide Institute of Well being’s (NIH) official web site.
Printed in Daybreak, March 17th, 2020
