WHO has launched a dedicated messaging services in Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese with partners WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from coronavirus. This easy-to-use messaging service has the potential to reach 2 billion people and enables WHO to get information directly into the hands of the people that need it.
From government leaders to health workers and family and friends, this messaging service provides the latest news and information on coronavirus including details on symptoms and how people can protect themselves and others. It also provides the latest situation reports and numbers in real-time to help government decision-makers protect the health of their populations.
The service can be accessed by a link that opens a conversation on WhatsApp. Users can simply type “hi”, "hola", "नमस्ते", "oi", “salut”, "ciao" or "مرحبا" to activate the conversation, prompting a menu of options that can help answer their questions about COVID-19.
The WHO Health Alert was developed in collaboration with Praekelt.Org, using Turn machine learning technology.
Join WHO's Health Alert on WhatsApp:
Arabic
Send "مرحبا" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp
https://wa.me/41798931892?text=مرحبا
Bengali
Send "ওহে" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp
https://wa.me/41798931892?text=ওহে
Chinese
Send "你好" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp
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Dari (Persian)
Send "سلام" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp
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English
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French
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Hausa
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Hindi
Send "नमस्ते" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp
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Italian
Send "ciao" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp
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Kurdish
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Latvian
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Pashto
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Polish
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Portuguese
Send "oi" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp
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Russian
Send "Привет" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp
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Somali
Send "haye" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp
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Spanish
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Swahili
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Tamil
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Urdu
Send "ہیلو" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp
