Google has been at the forefront of developing meaningful COVID-related features across its products including a COVID layer in Maps, COVID-related health and safety precautions in Google Travel, to name a few. The company’s latest feature addition to Google Search is a list of authorized vaccines at your location.
Starting in the United Kingdom, Google has partnered with health authorities to show authorized vaccines in the user’s location. Furthermore, the company promises to expand the availability of the feature to more countries when health authorities begin authorizing vaccines.
Google also highlights how it offered $250 million in Ad Grants to over 100 government agencies across the globe. Agencies used this fund to help spread crucial COVID-related public service announcements. The company also offered $6.5 million to support COVID-19 related fact-checking initiatives and has now added a $1.5 million fund to support the creation of COVID-19 Vaccine Media Hub, a fact-checking research initiative by the Australian Science Media Centre.
