The new tool aims at collecting data from people in their homes.
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A weekend update to the virtual assistant includes a new COVID-19 conversation tree, which relies on information and guidance from the CDC and links users to consumer telehealth services if appropriate.
The company plans to use the money to go to market with the product.
In response to the crisis, a variety of digital offerings have sprung up to ensure people can continue exercise while social distancing.
People turning to online workouts after global pandemic forces gym closures.
Nurx, Carbon Health and Everlywell have officially halted their mail-order testing-kit services. But at least one startup is still moving to secure an Emergency Use Authorization for its at-home rapid serology diagnostic.
Healthy Ventures was the lead investor this round, with participation from Collaborative Fund, Commerce Ventures, Connecticut Innovations, I2BF Global Ventures and StartUp Health.
Facebook also plans to hold a virtual hackathon focused on COVID19.
The collection kit comes with a bottle of stabilization fluid to be mixed with the sample at the point of collection, keeping viral RNA stable at room temperature for up to one week.
