Mr. Bezos and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus discussed on March 26 using Amazon Web Services’ cloud computing and artificial intelligence as well as various possibilities for the distribution of COVID-19 test kits.
AWS is providing services to the WHO and its Epidemic Intelligence for Open Sources, an initiative to track trends in epidemiology through AI analysis. AWS also has pledged $20 million in support of the development of new tools that can detect and diagnose COVID-19.
In a Twitter post, Dr. Ghebreyesus hinted at working with Amazon on data analytics and the distribution of more protective equipment and COVID-19 tests.
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