The project is not being carried out by Google per se, but by Verily — the life sciences division of Alphabet, which is Google's parent company. More important than that technicality, the Verily coronavirus test-referral tool is only in "early stages of development" with a test slated to roll out initially in the San Francisco Bay Area, not broadly across the US, according to the company. At some point, Verily said, it may expand the tool more widely. — AFP
LOS ANGELES: Donald Trump claimed Google was assisting in the US government's efforts to address the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak by developing a site "very quickly" to refer Americans to locations where they could be scheduled for drive-through testing and get the test results. But there were multiple inaccuracies in what Trump announced Friday at a press conference, as Google later clarified.
First, the project is not being carried out by Google per se, but by Verily — the life sciences division of Alphabet, which is Google's parent company. More important than that technicality, the Verily coronavirus test-referral tool is only in "early stages of development" with a test slated to roll out initially in the San Francisco Bay Area, not broadly across the US, according to the company. At some point, Verily said, it may expand the tool more widely.
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