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Robot shares information about coronavirus with New Yorkers | South China Morning Post

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A robot at New York City’s Times Square is giving out face masks and informing pedestrians about the coronavirus. Passers-by can fill out a short questionnaire on the robot’s touch screen about symptoms they may have experienced. It will then reassure people they are fine or advise them to go to hospital.

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