Hindi, Italian and Portuguese languages added to WHO Health Alert dedicated COVID-19 messaging service
The World Health Organisation’s Health Alert is now available in Hindi, Italian and Portuguese, adding to the existing Arabic, English, French and Spanish languages and further enhancing WHO’s commitment to keeping people around the world informed and safe from COVID-19.
The WHO Health Alert easy-to-use messaging service on WhatsApp, which launched on March 20th, currently has over 12 million users. With the addition of new languages over the coming weeks, it has the potential to reach even more people across the world, enabling WHO to provide critical information directly into the hands of the people who need it.
From government leaders to health workers and family and friends, this messaging service provides the latest global news and information on COVID-19, 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 dedicated link that opens a conversation on WhatsApp. Users can simply type ‘hi’ 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 in the language of your choice:
Arabic
Send "مرحبا" to +41 22 501 70 23 on WhatsApp
English
Send "hi" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp
French
Send "salut" to +41 22 501 72 98 on WhatsApp
Hindi
Send “नमस्ते” to
https://wa.me/41225017341?text=नमस्ते
Italian
Send "ciao" to +41 22 501 78 34 on WhatsApp
https://wa.me/41225017834?text=ciao
Spanish
Send "hola" to +41 22 501 76 90 on WhatsApp