(CNN Business) Google on Sunday announced a nationwide website dedicated to providing Americans with information about the novel coronavirus.

But that description stops short of what President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have spent days saying Google was developing very quickly: A website meant to assess patient symptoms and to direct Americans to "testing at a nearby convenient location."

Google is working with the US government on the informational site, said Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and its parent company, Alphabet, in a blog post . The website will contain educational material and "best practices for prevention," and will launch late Monday.

What Google is truly working on has been the source of much confusion after the administration's apparent announcement of a nationwide testing website created by Google. Shortly after Trump and Pence made their announcement on Friday, Verily, an Alphabet subsidiary and a sister company of Google, acknowledged that it is set to launch a website that will allow users to plug in their symptoms and be directed to testing sites if necessary. But Verily made clear that the website, known as Project Baseline, will be restricted to California residents for now — and is not ready for nationwide service. Verily is not the same as Google, though both are owned by the same parent.

Google's website is being prepared for a national audience but appears far simpler than what Trump and Pence described.

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