Facebook based on its survey created a map of the distribution of coronavirus

Facebook, together with researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, created an interactive map that

will help predict the spreadcoronavirus throughout the United States. The platform displays data about users with COVID-19 symptoms and confirmed cases. Facebook collected some of the information from its survey.

In a social network survey, users were offeredtalk about the symptoms of COVID-19 that they or one of their family members experienced in the last 24 hours. The developers are confident that such surveys will allow local hospitals and medical professionals to predict in advance the number of potential hospitalizations.

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In an article on the Washington Post, GeneralFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social network should help researchers and health authorities get the data they need to respond to the virus.

“The world has faced pandemics before, butthis time we have a new superpower: the ability to collect and share data,” he noted. “ If we use it, it will help overcome the health crisis and begin the path to recovery.”

Now in 185 countries of the world there are about2.42 million cases of infection with this infection. 80% of all cases occur in ten countries - the USA, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, Turkey, China, Iran and Russia. At the same time, in China, where the virus came from, there is a significant reduction in the epidemic. Since the end of 2019, 166 thousand people have died from coronavirus infection, more than 635 thousand people have been cured. In Russia, there are a total of 47,120 patients with coronavirus infection, 405 patients died, 3,446 were cured.