The Social App and Basil Labs create COVID-19 testing center locator
The Social App and Basil Labs are launching The COVID-19 Testing Site Locator, proiding a free tool for anyone in the U.S. to locate nearby testing locations.
The utility (www.covid19testing.today) features more than 3,000 testing sites. Its tech stack includes AI to enrich testing center data, which is converted into a visual dashboard that can simplify a variety of data points to help governments manage operations during the pandemic.
It can also predict potential outbreak areas, which can help address pain points and help testing centers better manage resources when supplying treatment and handling logistics.
The team is also working to partner with hospitals to help manage resources; and with governments to determine COVID-19 hotspots, and when "re-opening" might be possible.
Features of the dashboard include:
- Filter by drive-thrus, children-only, etc.
- Testing center contact info
- Outbreak prediction algorithm
"As the COVID-19 pandemic has expanded, many companies have teamed up to provide education resources to keep the public updated on a rapidly evolving disease," Raakin Iqbal, founder of The Social App, said. "We want to provide people with a centralized area to find testing locations and feel a sense of empowerment in an atmosphere that has most of us feeling otherwise in the dark on information. Our goal was to build a platform for the common good."
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