No screening for coronavirus on Google’s new website as Trump said, it has only info
23 March, 2020
Google has launched a new website and enhanced its search options for individuals seeking information about the brand new coronavirus, however the effort falls short of an idea at first announced by President Donald Trump.
As of Saturday, when US users keyed in “coronavirus” or related terms, information regarding symptoms and links to state health departments and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention popped up on the right.
Google also unveiled a new website, http://www.google.com/covid19/, that links users to data, safety videos and relief efforts. Google said the web site will soon be obtainable in more languages and countries.
A little more when compared to a week ago, Trump said Google would facilitate a site that would guide users through some questions to determine if they should be screened for the virus. Then it could direct them to a local testing location.
Actually, a Google sibling company, Verily, which focuses on health care confirmed it had been working on such a niche site, but so far it is only obtainable in certain counties in the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA area.
Google also announced Friday that it would no more hold its total annual developer conference this year. The Google I/O conference was at first moved online, but the company said it has been canceled to comply with California’s “shelter set up” directives.
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