BEIJING – China’s leading AI company will launch an AI Outbound CallingSystem for Epidemic Prevention and Control in Pakistan against COVID-19.
“We are to launch an AI Outbound Calling System for Epidemic Prevention andControl in Pakistan next month as the second wave of coronavirus gripsPakistan,” noted iFLYTEK, a Chinese company well-known for its AI productsand their sector-based applications, while attending the 12th ChinaOverseas Investment Fair (COIFAIR for short) recently.
As per iFLYTEK, they are now collaborating with Pakistan’s National Centerof Artificial Intelligence (NCAI) and National University of Sciences andTechnology (NUST) to work on the AI Outbound Calling System for EpidemicPrevention and Control, which had revealed rapid and efficient actions ofCOVID-19 control during the pandemic period in Wuhan, China and SouthKorea, according to China Economic Net (CEN) on Thursdays.
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Badar U Zaman, the Commercial Counselor of Pakistani Embassy in China,lauded iFLYTEK’s effort to explore the Pakistani market. “Pakistan is a bigmarket and iFLYTEK’s products are doing very well. I visited the iFLYTEKbefore and in addition to translation machines, I was introduced withdifferent technologies they are offering. They are very active ineducation, healthcare and translation.”
“iFLYTEK is bringing China and the world together and it is going to get agreat success in Pakistan,” said Badar U Zaman, adding that Pakistan isvery quick at adapting new technologies.
“Our Voice Chatbot from the AI Outbound Calling System will telephone usersto quickly learn their physical conditions and provide healthcaresuggestions. The system can quickly discover people at high risk ofCOVID-19 and the health center could immediately response if any to reducethe risk of infection and prevent coronavirus. People in close contact withconfirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan would receive phone calls. Andpatients who have been treated and healed from COVID-19, will also receivefollow-up calls and get registered,” said Mao Ning, DGM of South AsiaDistrict, International Cooperation Department, iFLYTEK.