Verily rolls out Healthy at Work testing program for companies seeking to reopen safely
Verily Life Sciences has announced an app-based health screening service for businesses and schools trying to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. The product, called Healthy at Work, will provide COVID-19 diagnostic testing for employees.
It will also make recommendations to employers about how often employees should be retested. Those recommendations will be based on local health data, as well as test results.
The program will conduct daily symptom screening through an app to either route people to be tested for the virus or clear them to return to work, according to a Verily spokesperson. It’s up to each participating company to decide whether to test its workforce all at once or start with small groups of employees. The symptom...