Amazon has announced that it has added features to its Alexa voice assistant that can help users determine their risk level for having contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus. As of now all Alexa users in the United States can ask Alexa questions like, “Alexa, what do I do if I think I have COVID-19?” or “Alexa, what do I do if I think I have coronavirus?” upon which Alexa will begin triaging them.
亚马逊宣布Alexa语音助手又有新功能了，能帮助用户确定感染新冠病毒的风险等级。现在美国所有使用Alexa的用户都会问Alexa这样的问题：“Alexa，如果我觉得自己得了新冠肺炎该怎么办？”或者“Alexa，如果我认为自己感染了新冠病毒我该做什么？”然后Alexa就会开始为他们鉴定。
Once one of the above questions is asked, Alexa will ask the user about their symptoms, travel history, and any possible exposure they may have had to someone infected with the disease. Depending upon the user’s response, Alexa will offer the user guidance that comes directly from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about what they should do next.
用户一问以上的问题，Alexa就会询问他们的症状、旅行史和任何可能接触过感染者的情况。Alexa将根据用户的回答，提供直接来自疾病控制和预防中心的指导，告诉他们接下来该做什么。
Another cool feature added to Alexa is the ability to ask the personal assistant to sing a song for 20 seconds while you wash your hands. Twenty seconds is the minimum washing time with soap and water people need to perform on their hands in order to destroy traces of the virus they may have picked up.
Alexa的另一个很酷的功能就是在你洗手时可以让这个私人助手唱20秒的歌。20秒就是人们需要用肥皂和水洗手的最低时限，以便清理掉手上可能携带的病毒。
Users can take advantage of Alexa’s new COVID-19 features on any device Alexa runs on, including smartphones, tablets, Kindles, and more. It should also be noted that Amazon isn’t the first to empower its voice assistant to offer CDC COVID-19 information. Earlier this week Apple pushed an update out to Siri that allows users to ask, “Hey Siri, do I have the coronavirus?” and get advice based on CDC information.
用户可以在任何能运行Alexa的设备上使用Alexa新的新冠病毒功能，如智能手机、平板、Kindle电子书阅读器等。还要强调一下亚马逊并非首个利用语音助手提供疾病控制和预防中心的新冠病毒信息的。本周早些时候苹果就向Siri推送了更新，用户可以问：“嘿，Siri，我得新冠肺炎了吗？”用户还能得到依据疾病控制和预防中心的信息给出的建议。