{"id":2444,"date":"2020-04-13T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2507892"},"modified":"2020-04-13T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T19:00:00","slug":"apple-maps-will-show-covid-19-testing-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/13\/apple-maps-will-show-covid-19-testing-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Maps will show COVID-19 testing locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ll also know what you need before you go.<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-article_block \">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+ mt-n40\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+ pt-40\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stretch-img  hide@m-\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=80&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-04%2F266d2a20-7c14-11ea-bfbb-ecdc5b80b753&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=c8050eba89eabf8f1e70fe65f957b2fa113ceeeb\" alt=\"Apple Maps listing for COVID-19 testing location\" \/><figcaption class=\"mt-15 t-meta c-gray-3\"><span class=\"c-gray-7\">Apple<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:Apple%20Maps%20will%20show%20COVID-19%20testing%20locations;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>It should soon be easier to find&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-03-26-alphabet-verily-coronavirus-drive-thru-testing.html\" data-rapid_p=\"1\" data-v9y=\"1\">COVID-19 testing locations<\/a>&nbsp;if you live in Apple&rsquo;s ecosystem. As&nbsp;<em>9to5Mac<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2020\/04\/11\/apple-maps-will-soon-display-covid-19-testing-locations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discovered<\/a>, Apple has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/register.apple.com\/covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opened a portal<\/a>&nbsp;for healthcare providers to add their COVID-19 test facilities to Maps. The listings will tell you what you need to know if you go, including requirements for appointments or referrals, the kind of testing (hospital or lab, for example) and facility types like drive-thrus or buildings. You might not have to worry about being turned back if you have the symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>As with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/apple-google-covid-19-contact-tracing-partnership-171917319.html\" data-rapid_p=\"4\" data-v9y=\"1\">Apple&rsquo;s contact tracing feature<\/a>, it&rsquo;ll take a while for this to manifest in practice. It&rsquo;ll depend on timely participation from facilities. When enough testing facilities are available, though, Maps could prove vital for people who don&rsquo;t have (or don&rsquo;t want to use) third-party apps to know where they should go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-03-26-alphabet-verily-coronavirus-drive-thru-testing.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-03-26-alphabet-verily-coronavirus-drive-thru-testing.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Jon Fingas<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Jon Fingas<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&rsquo;ll also know what you need before you go. Apple It should soon be easier to find&nbsp;COVID-19 testing locations&nbsp;if you live in Apple&rsquo;s ecosystem. As&nbsp;9to5Mac&nbsp;discovered, Apple has&nbsp;opened a portal&nbsp;for healthcare providers to add their COVID-19 test facilities to Maps. The listings will tell you what you need to know if you go, including requirements for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/13\/apple-maps-will-show-covid-19-testing-locations\/\">Continue reading <span>Apple Maps will show COVID-19 testing locations<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/13\/apple-maps-will-show-covid-19-testing-locations\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple Maps will show COVID-19 testing locations - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/13\/apple-maps-will-show-covid-19-testing-locations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apple Maps will show COVID-19 testing locations - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You&rsquo;ll also know what you need before you go. 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