Govt launches WhatsApp chatbot for all details on COVID-19

Updated : March 21, 2020 08:26 PM IST

This chat bot is created to help address all the queries around Covid-19 outbreak.

The WhatsApp chat bot is developed and implemented by Jio Haptik Technologies Limited.

One can access the chatbot by sending a Whatsapp message to the number +91 9013151515.

Govt of India has launched a WhatsApp chatbot called 'MyGov Corona Helpdesk'

This chat bot is created to help address all the queries around Covid-19 outbreak and is developed and implemented by Jio Haptik Technologies Limited, one of the world’s largest conversational AI platforms and a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL).

One can access the chatbot by sending a Whatsapp message to the number +91 9013151515. The idea is to have the right information at the touch of a button while preventing the spread of this pandemic across the country by following basic hygiene practices.

This Chatbot has been developed by Jio Haptik for free of cost, and updated on real time, as per instructions from NeGD and MyGov (both under MEITY)

The real time updates will curb circulation of false information that can cause mass hysteria while educating the population about the present scenario. Equipped with verified data from the Ministry of Health, the chatbot can resolve FAQs pertaining to the novel coronavirus. This includes necessary precautionary measures, symptoms, correct & incorrect facts, helpline numbers, affected cases in the region, Government advisories (including travel), informational videos, etc.

Disclaimer: RIL, the promoter of Reliance Jio, also controls Network18, the parent company of CNBCTV18.com.

Govt launches WhatsApp chatbot for all details on COVID-19

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