A group of volunteers, made up from more than 4.300 people from 250 different companies and various fields of work, working towards a common goal: unite Portuguese talent in the development of technological solutions that help the population overcoming the challenge of COVID-19. Many projects have already been launched and others are in the pipeline. To name a few:
● An app with up-to-date technical info for medical doctors;
● A fundraising campaign;
● An app with free of charge video…
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The app will allow people to voluntarily and anonymously share information from their fitness trackers that could reveal signs of a Covid-19 infection.
The free app will log a person's postcode, age and weight and keep track of any changes in activity and sleep habits, heart rate or even body temperature that could be symptoms of an acute respiratory disease.
Covid-19 Response
Sousedskápomoc.cz connects Czech volunteers to deliver key goods to vulnerable people.
SousedskaPomoc.cz was created to provide food and medicine to people most at risk of coronavirus infection with the help of volunteers.These are mainly old and sick people who should not leave the house in the coming days at all.
Users register, link with volunteers via an application that connects people with other local other cities, and then co-ordinate with volunteers through this app.
Users can be dispatchers, couriers, seamstresses or caregivers.
The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), in collaboration with the Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation (AICIB), launched exceptional funding to support the reorientation of R&D teams in the development of initiatives that meet the immediate needs of the National Health Service (SNS) to fight COVID-19 (e.g, new prevention tools, therapeutic developments, diagnostic methods, actions to promote a resilient society, especially in the older population and in higher risk…
The Irish Tax Authorities are operating a Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme. The scheme, enables employees, whose employers are affected by the pandemic, to receive significant supports directly from their employer through their payroll system. The scheme is expected to last 12 weeks from 26 March 2020.
504,303 people have (at the time of writing) volunteered to help the National Health Service in the UK.
NHS Volunteer Responders has been set up to support the NHS during the COVID-19 outbreak. To do this they need an 'army' of volunteers who can support the 1.5m people in England who are at most risk from the virus to stay well. The doctors, nurses and other professionals will be able to refer people in to NHS Volunteer Responders and be confident that they have been matched with a reliable,…