Connect with us

News

Thai IT Company Creates Coronavirus Covid-19 Tracking Website

Interactive map shows locations in Thailand of Covid-19 cases and it also exposes false reports

Avatar of CTN News

Published

on

website chatbot

A Bangkok-based IT company has created a website with a chatbot to provide news and information about Covid-19 in Thailand. The website is also designed to help stem fake news as cases jumped to 82.

The website covidtracker.5lab.co, provides an online map that provides information on the spread of Covid-19 in Thailand. The covid-19 tracking website features an interactive map with updates on the number and location of cases. Even more is provides information on false reports about the Wuhan virus.

The website is the fruit of unpaid efforts by a team at 5Lab, a Bangkok-based IT company. It launched last Friday morning and quickly became a phenomenal hit. The website attracts as many as 30,000 visitors per minute, according to Nithi Prasanpanich, chief design officer at 5Lab.

“The project was born from the passion of junior staff in our company. After noticing there was lots of fake reports about the outbreak, they came up with the idea for an online platform where people can verify Covid-19 news. So we created it right away,” Mr Nithi told the Bangkok Post.

The team updates the digital map with officially verified news on Covid-19 and links to information such case numbers and infection status. A Covidtracker mobile app is in the pipeline.

OpenDream and ChangeFusion have launched a crowdsourcing chatbot that encourages users to report infections and their whereabouts. Dubbed @Sabaideebot, the chatbot allows Line subscribers to view data from fellow users, while also providing Public Health Ministry updates on the outbreak and links to hospitals. The chatbot is in Thai.

The Thailand Tech Startup Association also uses @Pedthaisupai to spread useful information on Facebook.

Covid-19 Coronavirus Tracking Website for Thailand

Continue Reading

CTN News App

CTN News App

Recent News

BUY FC 24 COINS

compras monedas fc 24

Volunteering at Soi Dog

Find a Job

Jooble jobs

Free ibomma Movies