(CNN Business) Google on Sunday announced a nationwide website dedicated to providing Americans with information about the novel coronavirus. But that description stops short of what President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have spent days saying Google was developing very quickly: A website meant to assess patient symptoms and to direct Americans to "testing at a nearby convenient location." Google is working with the US government on the informational site, said Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and its parent company, Alphabet, in a blog post . What Google is truly working on has been the source of much confusion after the administration's apparent announcement of a nationwide testing website created by Google. Google's website is being prepared for a national audience but appears far simpler than what Trump and Pence described.

Source: CNN March 16, 2020 01:30 UTC