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Volunteer group develops a COVID-19 testing location database for the U.S.

Volunteer group develops a COVID-19 testing location database for the U.S.

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https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/22/volunteer-group-develops-a-covid-19-testing-location-database-for-the-u-s/

The effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic globally relies on testing as a core component of the current strategy, which primarily focuses on isolating individuals to slow the transmission of COVID-19 and give researchers time to develop potential treatments and vaccines. The availability and amount of testing can help chart how the virus is moving through a population, to inform and direct necessary quarantine and contact tracing measures, but one key data point might be the spread and availability of testing sites.

A new group of volunteer coders and medical professionals, including Air Force software organization Kessel Run‘s Chief Data Officer Andrew Kemendo, and data-driven doctor and researcher Jorge A. Caballero, have created a new findecovidtesting.com website, which aims to provide up-to date location info for all testing sites in the U.S.

Volunteer group develops a COVID-19 testing location database for the U.S.

Mar 22, 2020, 1:15pm UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/22/volunteer-group-develops-a-covid-19-testing-location-database-for-the-u-s/ > The effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic globally relies on testing as a core component of the current strategy, which primarily focuses on isolating individuals to slow the transmission of COVID-19 and give researchers time to develop potential treatments and vaccines. The availability and amount of testing can help chart how the virus is moving through a population, to inform and direct necessary quarantine and contact tracing measures, but one key data point might be the spread and availability of testing sites. > A new group of volunteer coders and medical professionals, including Air Force software organization Kessel Run‘s Chief Data Officer Andrew Kemendo, and data-driven doctor and researcher Jorge A. Caballero, have created a new findecovidtesting.com website, which aims to provide up-to date location info for all testing sites in the U.S.