Apple adds COVID-19 vaccine sites to maps, Siri

Apple is updating its maps feature to display COVID-19 vaccination sites, the company said Tuesday. 

Users will be able to see vaccination sites using the search bar in the map feature, by selecting COVID-19 Vaccines in the “find nearby” menu, or by asking Siri, according to a blog post. 

The vaccine location information will be provided from VaccineFinder, a free online service developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. 

The initial rollout includes more than 20,000 locations, and Apple said it is adding more sites in the coming weeks. 

Google announced a similar feature in January. 

The update comes as the vaccine rollout ramps up in the U.S. and globally. 

President Biden last week announced that all adults in the U.S. will be eligible for the vaccine by May 1. 

Across the country, roughly 72 million people, or 21 percent of the total population, have received at least one dose of the vaccine and about 39 million, or 11.8 percent of the total population, are fully vaccinated, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.