Google Creates A New Feature To Find Locations For COVID-19 Vaccinations And Tests, Only Runs On Mobile

JAKARTA - Google continues to develop new features that make it easier for users to connect with various information about COVID-19. One of them, the search engine giant in the world has added a search feature for mobile users for various information about the nearest COVID-19 test and vaccine.

The feature began to be released Wednesday, December 22 globally. This feature is able to provide information to users to be able to quickly find the location of the COVID-19 test. In addition, this new search feature is also a place to find locations that provide vaccine services for children and adults.

Through this feature, Google search engine users in several countries can choose a specific vaccine brand, such as Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson.

This feature is present when the Omicron variant, mutation of SarS-Cov-2 continues to spread rapidly in almost all countries, including Indonesia.

This new feature can also be used by users by opening the Google app on their phones and entering a keyword in the search field. For example the keyword "Covid-19 vaccine near me".

Amazingly, users can see a list of pharmacies and medical facilities that offer COVID-19 vaccines. Users can even make more detailed searches to find places where the Pfizer vaccine or certain other vaccines are available.

If you enter certain vaccine keywords, the health care center will automatically be filtered and display only locations that provide Pfizer vaccines.

To find locations for free Covid-19 tests, users can search for the keyword "free Covid-19 tests near me". If there is a site that offers a free COVID test, it will be shown where it is.

Previously, according to a Cnet report, in early December in the United States, President Joe Biden announced another tool that would allow the US public to quickly locate the nearest Moderna and Pfizer booster vaccine shots.

He also said Covid-19 test kits at home would be provided free of charge to everyone, regardless of their insurance status. This is a response to the distribution of the Omicron variant in Uncle Sam's country. But in Indonesia, of course, this is not the case.