  The coronavirus pandemic has spread over the past two years in our highly
connected and information-dense society. Nonetheless, disseminating accurate
and up-to-date information on the spread of this pandemic remains a challenge.
In this context, opting for a solution based on conversational artificial
intelligence, also known under the name of the chatbot, is proving to be an
unavoidable solution, especially since it has already shown its effectiveness
in fighting the coronavirus crisis in several countries. This work proposes to
design and implement a smart chatbot on the theme of COVID-19, called COVIBOT,
which will be useful in the context of Saudi Arabia. COVIBOT is a
generative-based contextual chatbot, which is built using machine learning APIs
that are offered by the cloud-based Azure Cognitive Services. Two versions of
COVIBOT are offered: English and Arabic versions. Use cases of COVIBOT are
tested and validated using a scenario-based approach.
