WHO Health Alert brings COVID-19 facts to billions via WhatsApp

Updated 26 April 2021

20 March 2020

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

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=你好

Dari (Persian)

Send "سلام" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=سلام

English

Send "hi" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=hi

French

Send "salut" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=salut

Hausa

Send "Sannu" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=Sannu

Hindi

Send "नमस्ते" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=नमस्ते

Italian

Send "ciao" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=ciao

Kurdish

Send "سڵاو" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=سڵاو

Latvian

Send "Sveiki" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=sveiki

Pashto

Send "پښتو" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=پښتو

Polish

Send "cześć" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=cześć

Portuguese

Send "oi" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=oi

Russian

Send "Привет" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=Привет

Somali

Send "haye" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=haye

Spanish

Send "hola" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=hola

Swahili

Send "habari" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=habari

Tamil

Send "வணக்கம்" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=வணக்கம்

Urdu

Send "ہیلو" to +41 79 893 18 92 on WhatsApp

https://wa.me/41798931892?text=ہیلو

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