据9to5Google网站报道，世界卫生组织很快就会推出一款应用程序，让人们能很容易地查到关于新冠病毒真实的、最新的消息。据说这款应用程序名为WHO MyHealth。

But the World Health Organization will soon be launching an app that makes finding factual and up-to-date information about COVID-19 a breeze, reports 9to5Google. The app will reportedly be called WHO MyHealth.

 

What interesting about the app is it’s being built by an open-source collective of individuals made up of former Microsoft and Google employees and WHO advisors¹. Matter of fact, due to its open-source nature, anyone who wants to can get an immediate² preview of the app by downloading the latest build over at GitHub.

 

When the app launches, it’s expected to be a hub of information about how to protect yourself from the virus as well as offering travel advice and calling out misinformation that’s readily floating around about COVID-19. However, the app is expected to add more features over time, including the ability to receive location-specific notifications and self-triaging tools to help a person understand whether they may have the disease.

 

Further down the line, the app makers³ are envisioning WHO MyHealth to be capable of what’s known as “contract tracing.” This is a technique that uses smartphone data to track individuals and alert them to whether they have been in a location that’s a COVID-19 hotspot or in direct contact with someone who has become infected with COVID-19.

 

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