Rokiah Mahmud

The recent launch of a big data and artificial intelligence (AI) platform by the Ministry of Finance and Economy (MoFE) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) has garnered around 274,197 home views and 338,334 COVID-19 update views. Meanwhile, 6,187 subscribers have submitted their self-assessment status on this platform.

The public is advised to use these self-assessment tools, which will enable the MoH to evaluate the health situation in Brunei, including the number of people requiring more medical attention.

With the submitted data, the Ministry of Health can easily plan its resources such as hospital beds, medication and testing kits, as well as monitoring the health situation in steps with recent developments.

More new features will be added in the future, such as a direct reporting platform, where subscribers are required to fill in a form to facilitate with contact tracing and keep track of the movement of people, thereby allowing the MoH to detect potential hotspots.

Another new feature will be health education resources containing in-depth details on the prevention, symptoms and spread of COVID-19.