{"id":63441,"date":"2020-03-31T12:43:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T07:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63441"},"modified":"2020-03-31T12:43:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T07:43:16","slug":"govt-launches-whatsapp-helpline-to-combat-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-launches-whatsapp-helpline-to-combat-misinformation.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt launches \u2018WhatsApp helpline\u2019 to combat misinformation regarding COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The government has introduced a \u2018WhatsApp Corona Helpline\u2019 service to combat the misinformation regarding the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus and update the masses with facts, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-philanthropists-requested-make-generous-donations-help-needy.html\" target=\"_blank\">COVID-19: Philanthropists requested to make generous donations to help the needy<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting Monday (March 31) WhatsApp users in Pakistan can access the Ministry of Health for credible stats, news, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"awareness (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-gov-pk-developed-spread-awareness-about-pandemic.html\" target=\"_blank\">awareness<\/a> and information regarding closest testing laboratory. To access WhatsApp Corona Helpline, people need to send \u2018Hi\u2019 at +92-300-1111166 and be prompted to ask their questions or get news or stats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-draft-formed-distribute-ration-among-unemployed-citizens-punjab.html\">COVID-19: Draft formed to distribute ration among unemployed citizens of Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on the nature of the\nquery, people will get text, videos or other information forms addressing their\nconcerns. This service is available in six regional languages aside from Urdu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Facebook has also\nlaunched a \u2018Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information Center\u2019 for Pakistan. People can\naccess this platform which is featured at the top of the app\u2019s \u2018News Feed\u2019. The\nfeature is updating people from national and international health resources\nregarding mitigation of risk associated with the novel coronavirus. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The government has introduced a \u2018WhatsApp Corona Helpline\u2019 service to combat the misinformation regarding the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus and update the masses with facts, according to news sources. Read: COVID-19: Philanthropists requested to make generous donations to help the needy Starting Monday (March 31) WhatsApp users in Pakistan can access the Ministry of Health for credible stats, news, awareness and information regarding closest testing laboratory. To access WhatsApp Corona Helpline, people need to send \u2018Hi\u2019 at +92-300-1111166 and be prompted to ask their questions or get news or stats. Read: COVID-19: Draft formed to distribute ration among unemployed citizens of Punjab Depending on the nature of the query, people will get text, videos or other information forms addressing their concerns. This service is available in six regional languages aside from Urdu. Meanwhile, Facebook has also launched a \u2018Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information Center\u2019 for Pakistan. People can access this platform which is featured at the top of the app\u2019s \u2018News Feed\u2019. The feature is updating people from national and international health resources regarding mitigation of risk associated with the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[24684],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-govt-launches-whatsapp-helpline-to-combat-misinformation","9":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt launches \u2018WhatsApp helpline\u2019 to spread awareness - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: The government has introduced a \u2018WhatsApp Corona Helpline\u2019 service to combat the misinformation regarding the recent outbreak of the novel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-launches-whatsapp-helpline-to-combat-misinformation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt launches \u2018WhatsApp helpline\u2019 to spread awareness - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: The government has introduced a \u2018WhatsApp Corona Helpline\u2019 service to combat the misinformation regarding the recent outbreak of the novel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-launches-whatsapp-helpline-to-combat-misinformation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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