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WHO launches Facebook Messenger chatbot to answer questions about COVID-19

  (Agence France-Presse)
Thu, April 16, 2020

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WHO launches Facebook Messenger chatbot to answer questions about COVID-19 A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken on March 25, 2020. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)

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he World Health Organization has announced the launch of a chatbot on Facebook Messenger that can answer user questions about Covid-19 anytime they have one.

A few weeks after the World Health Organization launched a chatbot on WhatsApp dedicated to answering questions about Covid-19 — which has already reached over 12 million people — to reduce the spread of misinformation regarding the virus, the organization launched a similar tool on Facebook Messenger on Tuesday. 

This “Health Alert” interactive service was made with support from Sprinklr, a software company working on creating tools to manage customer experiences on social media platforms, and is free to use. It can be accessed on the WHO’s official Facebook profile; users just need to tap the “Send Message” button at the top of the page.

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With this tool, the WHO joins organisations like UNICEF, Argentina’s Ministry of Health, the Government of France and more health groups that have already launched Messenger-based experiences.

According to the organization, offering tools as such to the public “critical as widespread misinformation can create unnecessary fear and panic in this already trying time”. 

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