Google Goes Global With Vaccine Finding Feature
On Thursday, Google went global with the the invention of several tools designed particularly to assist people in finding Covid-19 vaccination locations, as the US internet titan ramps up efforts to fight the pandemic.
The internet search engine also intends to launch a cloud-based “virtual agent” that people can use to schedule vaccination appointments or secure information on the topic in some 28 languages using chat, text messages, or phone calls.
Google stated that it will provide 250,000 vaccine doses to “countries in need” alongside adding the ability for people to find sites for the jab in Canada, Chile, France, India, Singapore and the United States.
“As we’ve learned throughout the pandemic, no one is safe from Covid-19 until everyone is safe,” Google stated.
“Getting vaccines to everyone around the world is a challenging, but necessary, undertaking.”
Google is among an array of tech companies including Amazon and Uber that have come up with various resources or efforts to help get people vaccinated against Covid-19.
Along with providing a total of 250,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to countries in need, Google is funding “pop-up” sites for the jab in the United States, and committing an additional $250 million in ad credit to spreading information on the vaccine.
“There’s a lot of work ahead to make sure everyone who wants to get vaccinated can,” Google revealed in a blog post.
“Globally, it could be years before some countries even have enough vaccines.”
