https://github.com/calpt/CoronaPandemicBot

🦠 Yet another Telegram bot tracking the worldwide spread of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
https://github.com/calpt/CoronaPandemicBot

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🦠 Yet another Telegram bot tracking the worldwide spread of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/calpt/CoronaPandemicBot
• Owner: calpt
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2020-04-06T08:46:16.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-01-25T20:54:24.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-24T07:33:05.469Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: coronavirus, coronavirus-tracking, covid-19, python, telegram, telegram-bot
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://t.me/coronapandemicbot
• Size: 48.8 KB
• Stars: 15
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 7
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# 🦠 Corona Pandemic Bot

[**@coronapandemicbot**](https://t.me/coronapandemicbot) is a Telegram bot that tracks the worldwide spread of the Covid-19 disease and worldwide vaccination efforts.

## ✨ Features

Commands:

- **/world** - Worldwide case statistics.

- **/today** - Summary of today's cases.

- **/list** - List of countries ordered by number of cases.

- **/subscribe** - Subscribe to daily status updates with new case statistics.

- **/unsubscribe** - Unsubscribe from daily status updates.

- **/setcountry** - Set your country (for /today and daily updates).

- **/[country]** - Case statistics for one country. Replace `[country]` with the country code or country name (e.g. /fr, /france).

- **/graph [country]** - Show a graph with a timeline of new cases of the last 30 days in one country. Type `/graph world` for worldwide cases.

- **/vacc [country]** - Show a graph with a timeline of daily administered vaccination doses in one country. Type `/vacc world` for worldwide vaccinations.

- **/map [country]** - Show a case distribution map for one country. Type `/map world` for world map.

- **/help** - Show the help.

You can use this bot in any Telegram chat without adding it by typing `@coronapandemicbot [country]`.

## 🛠 Setup

1. Clone this repo and install required Python dependencies:

```

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

```

2. Create your own Telegram bot by contacting [@BotFather](https://t.me/BotFather).

3. Rename the included file `config.sample.json` to `config.json` and fill in your personal bot token.  

3. Run the bot:

```

python3 bot.py

```

## 📊 Data

The worldwide case statistics are provided and regularly updated by [worldometers.info](https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/).

The data for the case timeline plots is provided and updated by Johns Hopkins University.

The data for Covid-19 vaccinations is provided and updated by [Our World in Data](https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations).

All data is accessed via the [disease.sh REST API](https://github.com/disease-sh/API).

The case distribution maps are retrieved from [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) and accessed via the [Wikidata Query Service](https://query.wikidata.org/).