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Google is committing $150 million to promote COVID-19 vaccine education and equitable distribution to underserved communities, the tech giant announced Monday. Google also pledged to open up its own facilities to serve as vaccination sites as needed. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Google worked with more than 100 government agencies and global nongovernmental organizations to run critical public service health announcements through its ad grants crisis relief program. The company will… Source link

The company also offered up its office spaces to become vaccine clinics. January 25, 2021, 5:29 PM • 6 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Google announced a series of steps it was taking to support a more equitable and efficient rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, including grants totaling $150 million, updates to its Maps software and offering the use of its office spaces to become vaccination clinics. “The pandemic has taken a devastating toll on communities… Source link

Jan 25 (Reuters) – * ALPHABET INC’S GOOGLE SAYS WILL INVEST $150 MILLION TO PROMOTE VACCINE EDUCATION AND EQUITABLE ACCESS * GOOGLE SAYS TO INVEST $100 MLN IN AD GRANTS FOR CDC FOUNDATION, WHO AND NON-PROFITS * GOOGLE SAYS TO INVEST $50 MILLION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES TO REACH UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITH VACCINE-RELATED CONTENT AND INFORMATION * GOOGLE SAYS GOOGLE.ORG HAS COMMITTED $5 MLN IN GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESSING RACIAL AND GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES IN COVID-19… Source link

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Google said on Monday that it has partnered with CBSE, an Indian government body that oversees education in private and public schools in the country, to deliver by the end of this year a “blended learning experience” across 22,000 schools in the world’s second largest internet market. The Search giant, which today also announced plans to invest $10 billion in India over the course of five to seven years, said it will train more than 1 million teachers in… Source link