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In March 2019, the government of Pacitan District, East Java Province, Indonesia, prepared a dashboard to monitor the spread of COVID-19 in the district.The Dashboard displays an updated status of the spread of the virus in the district, including data on people at risk of becoming infected, infected people in medical care, and visitors from outside the district The data is collected daily by village neighbourhood groups (RT/RW) and reported to an Emergency Team at the district level. This…
Dr Rosa is a virtual assistant/chatbot in WhatsApp. Dr Rosa asks users a series of questions and, through artificial intelligence algorithms, determines the symptoms of the patient. Based on these, the user is passed to a virtual office, where they are evaluated by professional doctors, who can send an ambulance with specialized personnel for physical observation and home care, or even refer them to a hospital center as appropriate.
This AI-powered digital assistant is for supporting citizens during this pandemic, allowing them to ask questions about the disease and, eventually, to avoid infections by the new coronavirus by not leaving the house. Based on Artificial Intelligence, through the algorithms provided by the Directorate-General for Health, it aims to make an initial screening to its users and to understand what is the best approach they might adopt. The service is available free of charge through a website and…
A group of volunteers, made up from more than 4.300 people from 250 different companies and various fields of work, working towards a common goal: unite Portuguese talent in the development of technological solutions that help the population overcoming the challenge of COVID-19. Many projects have already been launched and others are in the pipeline. To name a few: ● An app with up-to-date technical info for medical doctors; ● A fundraising campaign; ● An app with free of charge video…
A page with information on solutions and technologies developed by civil society, namely by companies and entities to respond to the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among them, very different solutions, from technologies for monitoring symptoms or detecting fever through images (the latter already being used at Lisbon’s airport), to DryVHP technology for bio-decontamination, or magnetic and optical biosensors integrated into microfluidics that identify specific sequences of nucleic…
A dedicated webpage to COVID-19 with videos, articles and FAQs, developed and/or presented by scientists on the coronavirus and COVID-19, including a special section on relevant Citizen Science projects, highlighting the contribution of the wider public to research development in related topics. Specific materials on the coronavirus epidemic were produced by Ciência Viva for the school communities.
An e-learning programme in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic that is free to access, without logging in*, for the entire UK health and care workforce, including those working in the NHS, the independent sector and social care. The programme includes key materials to help the health and care workforce respond to Coronavirus. The Coronavirus programme currently includes limited resources, but will add more content in the coming days and weeks. The additional content will…