Software engineers in Toronto have launched a texting tool that helps users in B.C. and Ontario find the vaccination site that is closest to their postal code.
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Texting tool built by U of T alumnus helps Canadians find nearest vaccine clinic: Toronto Star Zain Manji, who studied computer science and economics at U of T, and business partner Ashish Yelekar built a text-based service to help Ontario residents find the nearest vaccine clinic (photo courtesy of Zain Manji)
Ontario residents can now find the nearest COVID-19 vaccine clinics by typing a short text message.
Inspired by a similar service in the United States,
Zain Manji and Ashish Yelekar, the founders of Lazer Technologies, developed a service that allows Ontarians to instantly receive a list of the three nearest vaccine clinics by texting their postal code to 1-833-356-1683, the
Offering to add another tool to the province’s fight against COVID-19, two Toronto-based engineers have created a SMS bases app to help Ontarians overcome some of the confusion that can come from finding a nearby location that offers vaccine appointments. Created in a matter of hours, the system has users send a message containing their postal code, replying immediately with a list of nearby locations offering the shot – along with their phone number, website and direction to the province’s list of COVID-19 vaccine locations.
Zain Manji is one of the minds behind the app, and co-founder of Lazer Technologies - a software studio of engineers dedicated to building digital products. After hearing of a similar service being rolled out by the White House to help Americans get vaccinated, Manji said he and a friend, Ashish Yelekar began asking themselves why such a service wasn’t available in Canada, or at least Ontario – and the steps that would be required to see it implemente
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