Hello all,
First of all, a huge thanks to all of you who have been doing to keep the Waze map updated as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to grow.
We’re in a place of uncertainty right now, with countries reacting differently and governments implementing their own methods to contain the virus. This means that we have to continuously evolve our approach on Waze to ensure we’re helping keep people safe in the right ways.
With this in mind, we’d like to request that information on what your teams are doing to support the COVID-19 efforts are not shared on your social media channels, as this information is likely to change over time. This will help prevent misreporting from journalists who follow these pages.
If asked by followers, please feel free to share the following statement:
Waze is committed to helping keep drivers safe during the COVID-19 outbreak by sharing accurate and up-to-date information about road/zone closures, healthcare and testing locations where relevant.
Additionally, if you are approached by reporters to comment on the issue, please direct them to waze-comms@google.com.
A reminder that you can use this FORM if there’s information on COVID-19 from your country that you’d like to share. And if anything arises and you would like to contact our Crisis Response team, please reach out to waze-crisis@google.com.
Thank you so much for your continued support and partnership during this challenging time. We hope you and your families are well, and keeping safe.
Hezi, on behalf of the Communities Team