COVID-19 Test Locations

ByTomas Zezula

Postman were among the first ones to come up with public data sets about medical centres where you can get tested for the novel virus (US only). I thought it’s a brilliant idea and created a simple chatbot allowing you to quickly arrive at useful information. You can check details at my submission page at The Global Hack. The bot is available right in this post. Please spread the word if you find it useful. Consider contributing to any of the Postman’s COVID-19 collections.

Do you have an idea what else the bot could do? Do you know of any other useful data sources? All feedback is appreciated as usual. Please let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.

Bot’s avatar: Pixabay

UPDATE

I have added a new data source, yay! Thanks goes to Castlight community for providing valuable source of curated information. Thanks to them, our search now covers all of the US counties and cities.

Quickly arrive at the nearest medical centre with our chatbot.

Check out the project repository and get in touch with comments / feedback. Thank you, keep healthy and stay safe!

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