Yuri Gripas/Reuters
President Donald Trump speaks at a press briefing with members of the Coronavirus Task Force at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2020.
- Google's life sciences sister company, Verily, appears to have rushed to unveil a website for coronavirus testing after a botched announcement from President Trump.
- Verily's Project Baseline site offers information about COVID-19 and a process for people worried about their risk to schedule tests.
- The site, live as of Sunday night, appears half-finished and confusing.
- Trump announced the project on Friday, and appears to have both exaggerated its scope and taken Google and Verily off guard.
- Verily said over the weekend that the project was in the early phase of development.
- Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
Google's life sciences sister company, Verily, appears to have rushed to launch a website offering access to COVID-19 screening, after a botched announcement by President Trump.
Transform talent with learning that worksCapability development is critical for businesses who want to push the envelope of innovation.Discover how business leaders are strategizing around building talent capabilities and empowering employee transformation.Know More The website, called Project Baseline, has been developed by Verily alongside the California Governor's office, as well as federal, state and local public health authorities.
The goal is to offer information about COVID-19 and scheduling people who are worried about their risk for tests.
The site went live on Sunday but looks somewhat incomplete. Its launch was muddled by mischaracterizations about the project by President Trump, who announced on Friday that Google was building a nationwide coronavirus-testing website.
The site was, in fact, built by Google sister company Verily and initially only available to people in parts of California.
Trump's announcement appeared to catch Google off guard, and Verily eventually released a statement saying the project was in its early stages.
That's evidenced by how thin the website seems - here's how it looks: