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Gizmodo reports San Francisco and Alameda counties in California have stopped using Verily to test for the novel coronavirus. Google's health-centered sister company launched a $55 million pilot COVID-19 testing program earlier this year to set up mobile and stationary test sites. However, Verily’s services weren’t geared towards filling the needs of communities especially vulnerable to the pandemic. Specifically, the services put people of color, those with low income, and the homeless at a disadvantage for using Verily's site and accessing test results. Another complaint was that Verily reserves the right to use collected data for 'commercial product research and development.' While Verily says strict privacy controls are in place, critics say the system may still violate federal health data privacy laws.
Three Minnesota congressmen took a commercial Delta flight just two days after being on Air Force One with President Donald Trump. Business Insider reports Republican Reps. Pete Stauber, Tom Emmer, and Jim Hagedorn flew on the same flight to Washington DC on Friday night. That was just several hours after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus. Now, they're facing backlash for their choice to do so. These congressmen's stupidity and disregard for the well-being of their fellow passengers is staggering. Ken Martin Chairman of the Minnesota Democratic Party But the trio is passing the buck and blaming the airline. Hagedorn claimed they'd informed the airline of the situation beforehand and that it was Delta's 'decision to fly based upon the facts.' All three congressmen later tested negative for COVID-19. The White House is having a major coronavirus outbreak. In addition to Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, 10 GOP officials have tested positive for the virus.
A long line of people snakes across a park in Washington, DC, at a makeshift Covid-19 test site near the White House, as people prepare for holiday festivities, just a few days away. IMAGES
Kolkata (India), Sep 14 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Piyal Adhikary) .- The Indian authorities continued this Tuesday with the covid-19 tests in Calcutta while the cases seem to decline, after having exceeded their worst wave of covid-19.FOOTAGE FROM COVID-19 TESTING IN KOLKATA, INDIA.
Medan, Sep 7 (EFE/EPA).- Healthcare workers collected samples Tuesday at a COVID-19 swab testing center in Medan.The Indonesian government is speeding up its vaccination campaign as COVID-19 restrictions have been extended with a number of relaxations for community activities, including reopening schools, public areas and shopping malls. (Camera: DEDI SINUHAJI)SHOT LIST: COVID-19 TESTING CENTER IN MEDAN, INDONESIA.