Google begins showing authorised vaccine locations on search

As the UK begins mass vaccination, Google has launched a new feature on Search that will show authorised locations to people who look up information for Covid-19 vaccines.

Google Search will show a list of authorised vaccines in their location, as well as information panels on each individual vaccine.

“As other health authorities begin authorising vaccines, we’ll introduce this new feature in more countries,” Google said in a statement on Wednesday.

British regulators approved the Pfizer vaccine on December 2, and the country has received 800,000 doses, enough to vaccinate 400,000 people.

The first shots are given to people over 80 years of age, who are either hospitalised or already have outpatient appointments scheduled, along with nursing home workers and vaccination staff.