Content in many different languages is available on the WhatsApp Corona Virus Information Hub page. Information about the corona virus is also in other Indic languages including Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati.
The instant messaging app WhatsApp has prepared a dedicated web page regarding the corona virus. The company has named it Corona Virus Information Hub. For this, WhatsApp has partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO).
WhatsApp has also partnered with UNICEF and UNDP for this webpage. Apart from this, the company is spending $ 1 million (about Rs 7.44 crore) on the fact checking network. The aim is to deal with rumors and misleading news related to Corona Wire.
WhatsApp has given money to the Pointer Institute International Fact Checking Network to deal with the fake news related to the Corona virus.
The WhatsApp Coronavirus Information Hub has been designed keeping in mind the health workers, educators, community leaders, government, local businesses and NGOs. Through this, facts and guidelines related to the corona virus can be obtained.
Information and resources released by the WHO have also been given on this dedicated web page created about the Corona virus. Apart from this, guidelines of health ministry of different countries are also given.
By clicking on this link, you can access the content of Corona Virus Information Hub created by WhatsApp.
Significantly, WhatsApp is also working to create a hotline in collaboration with WHO and UNICEF for information related to the corona virus. The company claims that in Indonesia, Israel, Singapore, Brazil and South Africa together with local health ministries and NGOs have already provided such information.
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart has said, ‘At the time of this Crisis, users are coming to WhatsApp more than ever, whether friends, their people, doctors, teachers and students. We want to provide a simple resource for all people to connect at this time ‘
Will Cathcart has also said that the company has partnered with the Pointer Institute to rein in the rumors, which is a fact checking organization, and is also being paid.
