Covid-O-Bot

You can talk to Covid-O-Bot through the website
Equip the information armor to withstand the adversary
Order medicines without any hassle.
Get reliable information
Get Immediate help
Multiple options present.
Get updates on COVID-19 instantly
Get notified about updates.
Get Address to the Nearest Hospital treating COVID-19 patients.
Find nearest places to donate plasma
Talk to a reliable agent to get answers to your questions

Inspiration

In the time of the COVID pandemic, a lack of reliable information can cause many avoidable fatalities. With India being the most massive audience to Facebook, Covid-O-Bot can spread trustworthy words simply and quickly.

During this pandemic, many people are confused and with the overload of information cannot assess options rationally. Covid-O-Bot acts as One Stop Solution for all the problems they can face ranging from social distancing to ordering medicines online.

What it does

Covid-O-Bot is a chatbot that uses multiple features to answer our questions about COVID 19. It uses quick replies to answer many questions about COVID 19 with information taken from reliable sources. It also uses one-time notifications to notify people about news updates they select. One can also talk to our chatbot by commenting. It also makes use of the Handover Protocol so you can talk to an agent if required.

Apart from general information and news updates, it can be used to track vaccines, look for plasma donors, and even buy medicines and sanitizers.

It uses one-time notifications to notify people, so they do not have to look for the same information again.

Covid-O-Bot can also be accessed via our website for people who do not use Facebook.

How I built it

We used Manychat, a platform to create a chat flow and Facebook Messenger to interact with the chatbot.

Challenges I ran into

Being beginners to both hackathons and Messengers, it was exhausting to manage college classes and communication with team members.
It was a challenge to find accurate information. Apart from this, it was challenging to implement one-time notification and private replies. Another challenge was to add Messenger to our website. Managing the database of medicines proved to be another cumbersome task.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

We were able to create a chatbot that could provide reliable information about the pandemic simply. We were able to give real-time information about ICMR centers and hospitals nearby in case of emergency.

What I learned

Being a beginner in all the required skills, we were able to garner experience in building a chatbot and linking it to Facebook. Apart from this, we were also able to expand our knowledge about COVID 19 in the process.

What's next for Covid-O-Bot

Keep it live to help people who need this information at the time of this pandemic. Should all go well, add a database for plasma donors and patients in need of plasma. Also, we wish to add a private chatroom for doctors and patients. We also want to extend the medicine ordering services to other countries, as currently, it is operational only in India. Another feature we would like to add is multiple languages and NLP. We are also currently trying to add a voice recognition feature in Covid-O-Bot.