Stanford and Apple release an app that connects first responders to drive-through COVID-19 tests
A new app from Stanford Medicine will help connect first responders to drive-through COVID-19 testing if they are showing symptoms of the coronavirus.Stanford hopes to expand the program to other essential service workers, such as grocery store clerks and public service employees.'s help will help connect firefighters, police officers and paramedics in California to drive-through COVID-19 testing if they are showing symptoms of the coronavirus.
Experts and officials say that increased testing is essential to protect medical workers and patients, to understand how widespread the coronavirus is in the United States, and to help understand how concepts like herd immunity apply to the coronavirus.Stanford is starting with police officers, firefighters, and paramedics because they're essential and are at high risk of catching the virus.
Stanford has conducted more than 3,000 COVID-19 tests after it developed its own test in March. It found it's able to conserve resources and supplies by screening people through video visits before they take a test. The app is making that process more efficient.
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