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Italian startup launches coronavirus diagnostic chatbot -

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With all of Italy in quarantine because of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, a digital health based startup, has joined with medical experts to create a chatbot that diagnoses the disease. Italy's government has put the country's entire population of around 60 million in quarantine and imposed measures such as bans on public gatherings and travel restrictions to try and contain the virus. The startup, Paginemediche, has created the tool to support the health emergency efforts by providing an online triage in infection diagnostics. Paginemediche is a digital health firm from Healthware's portfolio of companies, and its chatbot was designed under the medical supervision of Dr Emanuele Urbani, a general practitioner in Milan. It was developed on the basis of the guidelines set out by the Italian Ministry of Health and used as a support for telephone triage to highlight potential coronavirus cases.