How to Check if You've Traveled with Someone with Wuhan Virus!

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Source: SCMP

Chinese internet company Qihoo 360 has partnered with a Chinese tech firm to introduce a platform that lets users check if they have recently traveled with someone who contracted the new coronavirus.


By entering the date of their journey, together with flight or train numbers, users can find out if they were traveling with someone who has been infected with the virus. The platform also advises those who have traveled with a person confirmed to have the virus to self-quarantine and seek medical attention if they observe symptoms such as a fever.

NoSugar Tech compiled and manually verified public data from sources such as Chinas state television broadcaster and state media such as Peoples Daily for input into the platform, which employs Qihoo 360s artificial intelligence (AI) and big data technology to ensure that the information is updated and reliable.


According to local media reports, more than 21 million people used the service within two days of its launch.


Under the partnership between Qihoo 360 and NoSugar Tech, users of 360 products can access the platform via 360s apps and services, including its browser and mobile security app.'

The roll-out of such a service comes amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, in which nearly 8,000 cases have been recorded with 170 deaths as of Thursday afternoon the vast majority of both occurring in China. The outbreak coincided with the Lunar New Year, exacerbating the spread of the virus as millions of Chinese traveled across the country and internationally for the holidays.



Separately, some Chinese tech companies are offering use of their AI technology at no cost. A Chinese company called AISpeech wrote in a WeChat post that its AI chatbots, which can make automated calls to people and record their responses, would be free of charge for governments, medical institutions and charities.

Large tech companies, such as Baidu and Alibaba, have made their cloud computing technology available to researchers for free in the hope that it will help accelerate research and development of cures and vaccines for the virus. Alibaba is the parent company of the South China Morning Post.

Baidu on Thursday said it was making its AI algorithm, which it claims can analyse the genome secondary structure of the new coronavirus within just 27 seconds, available for free to gene testing institutions, epidemic prevention centres and scientific research centres around the world.


The Platform to Check If You've Traveled with a Sick Person


Users can access the platform at this link: 

http://2019ncov.nosugartech.com/?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0


SCAN The QR To access the platform


On the platform, users can choose the location, date, and transportation number.


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