- The coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed more than 5,000 people worldwide and infected at least 136,000.
- The illness, COVID-19, can pass from person to person, and experts are rushing to study it and stop it from spreading further.
- Some tools are emerging that track the virus, and help people determine if they might have been exposed.
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COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed more than 5,000, and the virus has infected more than 136,000 people. On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared it a pandemic.
As the virus spreads and people start to panic, experts have created some tools that are useful for tracking the infection. Several use WHO and Centers for Disease Control data to track outbreaks and recoveries, while others are aimed only at a Chinese audience, and focused on controlling the infection be helping people track who they might have come into contact with. Using these tools, along with preventative measures like handwashing and avoiding contact with sick people, could slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The outbreak originated in Wuhan, China in December, and is now in at least 110 countries, and the US has more than 1,800 confirmed cases.
Here are six tools to follow the coronavirus.
This online dashboard from Johns Hopkins uses CDC and WHO data to track the outbreak in real time.
Check out the Johns Hopkins CSSE map here.
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This map also tracks outbreaks of the virus, but it uses AI to scrape posts on news sites and social media to create a heat map of the virus, which can be useful to health officials.
Check out the Health Map here.
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This app from two French expats in Taiwan has a useful breakdown of infections, deaths, and recoveries by region.
Check out the coronavirus app here.
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Chinese search engine Baidu has created an epidemic map alongside its normal map, which shows real-time locations of confirmed and suspected coronavirus cases.
Check out the Baidu map here.
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A Chinese cybersecurity firm created a tool available in China that lets people input flight or train numbers to see if they've traveled with anyone infected with the coronavirus.
The tool is available on 360 products, here.
Source: Abacus News