Microsoft’s Healthcare Bot service helps power CDC’s COVID-19 assessment bot

Microsoft is continuing to step up its internal and external efforts to fight the COVID-19 coronavirus. Last week, Microsoft announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is using Microsoft’s Healthcare chat bot service to power its own COVID-19 assessment bot. The CDC’s COVID-19 bot as meant to quickly assess symptoms and risk factors and suggest a next course of action (like see a doctor or just stay home).

Microsoft’s Healthcare Bot runs on Azure. Microsoft made its Healthcare Bot generally available in February 2019.

Microsoft’s Healthcare...