Google-Backed Coronavirus Testing Site Books Up on First Day
- Verily says mobile testing sites don’t provide medical care
- Alphabet unit says triage tool not for seriously ill people
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A website to screen people for coronavirus tests run by Google parent Alphabet Inc. reached capacity and stopped accepting appointments on its first full day of operation.
Verily, a health-care unit of Alphabet, opened the website Sunday evening in partnership with U.S. government officials. The tests were initially open to residents in two counties in Northern California. “Unfortunately, we are unable to schedule more appointments at this time,” a message on the website read on Monday. The site said it would be able to expand the testing program in “the near future.”