COVID-19 Innovative Response Tracker

France has launched a €7bn bailout to help Air France deal with the economic fallout, but with various innovative environmental conditionalities attached. The support will include a state guarantee on loans and a subordinated shareholder loan to the company by France. The money is contingent on the carrier reducing pollution by scrapping certain domestic flights, in which travelling by train is a viable option. Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire  said the coronavirus crisis provided…

The MOROCCAN . Digital Response launched a portal allowing couples to apply online for permission to marry

Some of the busiest traffic arteries in Paris will be reserved for cyclists in a bid to limit crowds on public transport when France begins lifting its coronavirus lockdown next week, the city's mayor Anne Hidalgo has said. In total, 50 kilometres (30 miles) of lanes normally used by cars will be reserved for bicycles. The mayor had already announced last week that the Rue de Rivoli, the main east-west thoroughfare through the heart of the French capital, would be only for bikes starting May…

California, US, have this week enabled residents to obtain marriage licenses remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as a result of an exectuive order signed by their Governer, Gavin Newsom. This executive order will allow couples to obtain a marriage license from their county clerk via video conference provided that both members of the couple are state residents and that they can both present a valid form of identification on the video call. The clerk will then email the licenses to the…

The National Institutes of Health and the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH) are bringing together more than a dozen leading biopharmaceutical companies, the Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency to develop an international strategy for a coordinated research response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The planned Accelerating COVID-19…

The National Institutes of Health is asking scientists and inventors to compete in a $500 million challenge to develop rapid coronavirus testing technologies in a bid to scale up the accuracy and availability of tests across the country. The technologies will be put through a competitive, three-phase selection process in the search for the best rapid test that can be deployed at home or in a care setting. The finalists will be matched with technical and business experts to accelerate…

"A single portal for administrative correspondence, was created to allow administrations and citizens to interact with administration and send their aadministrative correspondence remotely. An electronic administrative correspondence service has also been set up to manage incoming and outgoing mail, as well as those exchanged between internal services at the central and decentralized levels of administrations. to enable administrations to dematerialize administrative documents, electronic…

Victoria Together is an online hub to support Victorians through the coronavirus response. As a dedicated platform, Victoria Together is connecting Victorians to our state’s best digital experiences and activities. Just as importantly, we’re connecting Victorians to one another. Victoria Together includes content from: Museums Victoria Zoos Victoria Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) Victoria's art galleries musicians, comedians and performers health and wellbeing…

The Ministry of National Education are replacing the education that was to be done in schools and universities with e-learning or distance learning. Today, schools are able to offer distance education through the portal Tilmidetice.ma for national education and another portal for higher education the portal "tilmid tice" offer e-learning and allow students to study at home, in this portal all levels are covered, from the first primary year to the terminal. it has also Links from all partners as…

Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania, has announced plans to give over public space to hard-hit bar and restaurant owners so that they can put tables outdoors to observe physical distancing laws but continue to serve customers.