GUWAHATI: The Indian Government has launched an official chatbot on WhatsApp to answer any public queries about Coronavirus.
The chatbot is called “MyGov Corona Helpdesk” and the WhatsApp number given against it is 9013151515.
The helpdesk would provide an automated response to the queries. The news was tweeted by the government regulatory agency, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority.
Earlier a national helpline number was also being launched by the government.
It is to be mentioned that the Union Health Ministry also launched a web portal for tracking COVID-19 across India state wise.
The website is accessible at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/, provides up-to-date infection statistics for each states.
The website provides helpline numbers along with the total number of patients including foreign nationals which is updated every 4 hours.