After gathering information from half a million citizens, the Institute's researchers published the results: Kiryat Shmona, Beit Shemesh and Bat Yam are the most likely cities for the eruption, with both Fatah and Ashkelon having the potential for deterioration • The more people fill out the anonymous questionnaire, the more we will have a picture Clearer "

Kiryat Shmona, Beit Shemesh, Bat Yam, Beer Sheva and Lod - these are the cities where the Corona virus is most likely to erupt soon. This is the conclusion of the Weizmann Institute, after analyzing an anonymous questionnaire answered by over half a million Israeli citizens. The data also shows that there is a potential eruption potential in Petah Tikva, Ashkelon, Yokneam and Kiryat Yam.

As part of the questionnaire, which the respondents filled in mainly through an anonymous chatbot instituted by the institute - part of the Big Data project and artificial intelligence initiated and developed for this purpose by the scientists of the institute - a variety of medical, social and other questions could be answered, and the researchers concluded that this person was a corona, And if so, what is the chance that in the future he will infect others. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Prof. Eran Segal, and Prof. Benny Geiger continue to run the chatbot even now, for mapping and predicting the locations of the Corona virus outbreak.

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In addition to the chatbot operated by the Weizmann Institute, as part of the Israeli health system's efforts to deal with the Corona virus, the Ministry of Health, HMOs and MDAs, they began to ask all citizens to answer a short symptom questionnaire every day. In the next few days, Israeli citizens will be sent a daily questionnaire The patients and MDAs, with the aim of providing a snapshot of typical symptoms that could imply the spread of the virus, and assisting the health care system in making decisions.

The Ministry of Health defines the daily questionnaire as "Corona's" WAZE. There, the more people fill out the anonymous questionnaire every day, the better the health system will have of a picture of the symptoms associated with the spread of corona in Israel. The system was developed for the Ministry of Health by the Israeli start-up, Diagnostic Robotics, in collaboration with the HMOs, MDA and, as mentioned, the Weizmann Institute.

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According to the Ministry of Health, the purpose of the questionnaire is to create a high-resolution epidemiological map, which includes real-time updates, that will provide the health system with a snapshot of typical symptoms that could indicate the spread of morbidity in Israel.

The questionnaire is anonymous, the system does not collect any identifying information, such as, name, telephone number or ID, and no party can contact the respondents to the questionnaire at any stage.

Respondents will be asked to enter the name of the locality and street in which they live, without a house number, so that the geographical map of the symptoms can be produced. Because of the geographical information, it will be possible to examine in which areas there is an increase / decrease in symptoms relevant to the virus. The Ministry of Health emphasizes that distribution of the questionnaire will be gradual in the coming days through the health funds, before the questionnaire will be distributed to the general population every day.

Prof. Ran Blitzer, head of innovation at the General Health Fund and one of the leading partners in planning and formulating the national move: "At this time, we need innovative tools that will provide us with up-to-date intelligence information from the field. We all formulated a questionnaire following the joint article with the Weizmann Institute, and the coordinated activity with the Weizmann Institute's infrastructure vis-à-vis the public, and within the funds with the diagnostics robotics company's infrastructure, will enable maximum coverage and as wide a picture as possible. "