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Their new COVID-19 care app helps ease the impact of staff absence.
The medtech company will be required to state in its test reports that the tests have not been reviewed by the FDA and that negative results do not rule out the novel coronavirus infection.
For individuals in Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, the COVID-19 Medical Advisory Clinic is a full suite service.
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Users will be able to use the service to tap into membership telehealth-provider PlushCare.
Amid COVID-19, a new 1,000-person survey suggests high demand for remote health services.
The app alerts users if they have come in close contact with the virus.
The two tech giants' unprecedented partnership looks to engage as many users in disease-tracing and prevention efforts as possible while tearing down the data silos of their respective smartphone platforms.
The company plans to use the new funds to expand commercialization in the US, Europe and Israel.
The in-development system foregoes GPS tracking and other identifying data collection methods in its effort to automate labor-intensive COVID-19 contact tracing.