Facebook to roll out its Covid-19 symptom tracking survey globally to identify potential hotspots

Facebook on Monday announced that it will be working on expanding its Covid-19 surveys globally.

Earlier this month, Facebook had launched a self-assessment pop-up survey for Facebook users in the United States displaying it on top of a user’s News Feed.

The survey which was created in collaboration with the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Delphi Research Center was part of the social media giant’s symptom mapping project to better understand where the next wave of the pandemic is likely to hit.

It was meant to generate new insights for developing response strategies to combat the pandemic in the US including heat maps of self-reported symptoms.