Coronavirus Pandemic: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Will Help WHO In Raising COVID-19 Test Kits
Jeff Bezos spoke about how Amazon Web Service is providing assistance to WHO and the Epidemic Intelligence from Open Source Initiative in tracking the trends through artificial intelligence from around the world which in itself is a big step.
Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon.com, and Director General of the World Health Organization - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - are working in a number of ways to restrict the spread of novel coronavirus using cutting edge tools.
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Jeff shared a screenshot of the videoconference with Tedros on his Instagram and captioned it with:
"Good call with @WHO Director-General @DrTedros today on the global response to #COVID19 and the ways @Amazon and @AmazonWebServices are helping their efforts. Our current work with WHO includes: increasing capacity and security for the WHO website; providing ML & AI for WHO¡¯s Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources initiative; assisting with the translation and transcription of WHO¡¯s knowledge catalogue; providing logistics support. We also discussed the urgent need for collective action to produce and distribute plentiful COVID-19 test kits. A surplus of fast, effective, easy-to-access test kits would flatten the curve and protect people around the world. I told Dr. Tedros we will continue to help WHO in every way we can in the coming weeks and months."
He spoke about how Amazon Web Service is providing assistance to WHO and the Epidemic Intelligence from Open Source Initiative in tracking the trends through artificial intelligence from around the world which in itself is a big step.
Bezos also discussed the urgency and the need of the hour for collective action against the production and distribution of a large number of COVID-19 test kits.
He also said that a large number of fast, effective, easy to access test kits would help in getting immediate results and it will also protect people across the world.
The WHO director also tweeted about the meeting and said, "Thank you, @JeffBezos, for a good call today on how @amazon can help @WHO & #COVID19 response, esp in data analytics, supply chain of protective equipment for #healthworkers, scale up availability of #coronavirus tests, bolster our website & consider supporting the response."
Thank you, @JeffBezos, for a good call today on how @amazon can help @WHO & #COVID19 response, esp in data analytics, supply chain of protective equipment for #healthworkers, scale up availability of #coronavirus tests, bolster our website & consider supporting the Response Fund.
¡ª Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) March 26, 2020
