Published 07:01 IST, March 16th 2020

Donald Trump says Google claims validated, demands apology from US media at press briefing

Donald Trump has lashed out at the US media about casting doubt on his claims about Google collaborating with the US Govt on a COVID-19 related website

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Donald Trump has lashed out at US media about casting doubt on his claims made during his Friday's press briefing about Google collaborating with US Government to create a Coronavirus testing website. US news media had earlier said that Trump's claims of Google working on website were false. US media stressed that company responsible for website was Verily, which is a subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet. 

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However, soon Google released ar statement about working closely with US government, which was n retweeted by POTUS Trump. He also brought it up during ar press briefing on March 15.

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Comments being "substantiated": Trump

During a press conference on March 15, Trump reportedly said that his earlier comments about Google had been “substantiated” and thanked head of Google calling him a great gentleman. "As you kw this is from Google, y put out a release," Trump said while holding statement for press present to see before flicking it to ground.

"You guys can figure it out yourselves, and how that got out. I'm sure you'll apologize. It'll be great if we can really give news correctly. It would be so, so wonderful." Trump n added.

Google anunced on Saturday that it is planning to collaborate with US government in developing a nationwide website which will include information about COVID-19 symptoms, risk, and testing information. 

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Trump says Google working on developing website to aid COVID-19 efforts

At his press briefing on Friday from Rose Garden on US Government's response to Coronavirus pandemic when he declared a National Emergency, Trump also stated that Google was working on developing a COVID-19 related website. Trump claimed that over 1700 engineers at Google were working on developing a website that would let people determine if y should get a Coronavirus test if y display symptoms, and where y could go to get one.

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07:01 IST, March 16th 2020