They are developing an online system to determine whether or not a person who "thinks" they are affected should go get a test done and where they can get it done.
Google is not building a nationwide website, just a trial one for Bay Area:
"We are developing a tool to help triage individuals for Covid-19 testing. Verily is in the early stages of development, and planning to roll testing out in the Bay Area, with the hope of expanding more broadly over time. We appreciate the support of government officials and industry partners and thank the Google engineers who have volunteered to be part of this effort."
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 17.6 ms ] threadSource: watching the livestream. This may get transcribed later. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/world/coronavirus-news.ht...
There are apps and websites that do this e.g. https://www.buoyhealth.com/symptom-checker/
"We are developing a tool to help triage individuals for Covid-19 testing. Verily is in the early stages of development, and planning to roll testing out in the Bay Area, with the hope of expanding more broadly over time. We appreciate the support of government officials and industry partners and thank the Google engineers who have volunteered to be part of this effort."
- https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/13/21179118/google-coronavir...