WhatsApp has launched a brand new sticker pack referred to as Vaccines for All to encourage its customers to get COVID-19 vaccine and present their appreciation for healthcare staff across the globe. The new sticker pack has been developed in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO). WhatsApp has additionally partnered with greater than 150 nationwide, state, and native governments, in addition to organisations together with the WHO and UNICEF to supply authenticated COVID-19 data and sources to its international customers. The COVID-19 helplines created on WhatsApp by totally different our bodies additionally began providing vaccine data and registration.
The Vaccines for All sticker pack on WhatsApp brings 23 distinct stickers which are designed by the WHO. It is available for download on each Android and iOS and is aimed to let individuals “express the joy, relief, and hope they feel about the possibilities the COVID-19 vaccines offer”. Some of the stickers within the new pack are additionally meant to permit WhatsApp customers to point out their appreciation for healthcare staff.
“As COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out across the world, the new sticker pack aims to encourage vaccine uptake and represents hope,” stated Andy Pattison, Team Lead, Digital Channels, WHO, in a ready assertion.
In addition to the brand new sticker pack, WhatsApp has added COVID-19 helplines from numerous nationwide, state, and native governments and organisations equivalent to WHO and UNICEF for the reason that begin of the pandemic. The immediate messaging app claimed that over three billion messages have been despatched throughout by way of these international helplines prior to now 12 months.
WhatsApp additionally famous that the governments in nations together with India, Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, and South Africa have began utilizing these helplines to attach residents to correct COVID-19 vaccine data and registration. In Indonesia, the messaging app stated that 500,000 medical staff registered for his or her vaccine appointments by way of the helpline service in its first 5 days.
In India, WhatsApp partnered with MyGov and Reliance-owned AI platform Haptik final 12 months to offer COVID-19 data to Indian residents by way of a chatbot referred to as MyGov Corona Helpdesk. The chatbot consists of particulars on COVID-19 vaccines and has surpassed the mark of 30 million customers.
WhatsApp has moreover waived off the charges it requires to allow supply of messages by way of the WhatsApp Business API to assist governments and worldwide organisations join a lot of individuals to vaccine data and providers.
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