The hotel launched the so-called ‘COVID-19 Service’ that offers a customisable stay in a luxurious hotel room with add-on services such as a COVID test for $500 and health checks from a nurse or doctor twice a day for $800.
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Jayde Powell, a student at the University of Nevada, has launched "Shopping Angels" to connect volunteers who can buy groceries with elderly people in need. There are no delivery fees nor any extra costs for the elderly. Food companies have now even started donating their food to the network.
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Abbott Laboratories launched the currently fastest available “molecular point-of-care” test for COVID, which can detect positive results in five minutes, while negative results take about 13 minutes.
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The COVID Shopping list generator helps people to avoid panic buying by generating a rational shopping list based on the length of stay, the number of people at home and the preferred diet.
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E-commerce platforms in China are pivoting to online travel tours to famous tourist sites around the world including marketplaces for souvenirs. The virtual tours are booming: On March 1, over 1 million people visited the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, - virtually!
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Hudson Regional Hospital is using the NanoVapor BioTech Microbial Suppression System, a special disinfectant spray that can kill viruses like COVID on surfaces for more than 70 days.
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The social platform Nextdoor enables people to offer services to their neighbours in need, like buying groceries, sharing their toilet paper or walking people’s dogs.
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The LA Spirits brand AMASS is now producing bottles of a botanic hand wash that acts like a hand sanitiser instead of distilling its famous Gin.
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US snack producer ReGrained launched its new product ReGrained Puffs virtually, hosting online buyer meetings for retailers and offering a limited presale discount as well as free shipping to enable more retailers and consumers to try it.
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Canlis restaurant changed its business model offering three new pop-up services: a bagel shop, a drive-through burger joint, and a “family meal” delivery service that includes a bottle of wine. These services will be available on weekdays.
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Volunteers of Meals-on-Wheels are now delivering four-packs of toilet paper along with meals to elderly people in partnership with Woolworths. The organisations started offering this service due to the increase of panic buying that has left many unable to buy basic supplies.
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The company launched a massive mobilisation of its 3D printing resources, with a focus on providing thousands of disposable face shields for medical workers in the US.
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Materialise is giving free access to design files to 3D print hands-free door openers that help prevent the spread of COVID through door handles.
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Winsun Building Tech is 3D printing quarantine wards and has already donated 15 wards to the Xianning Central Hospital. One quarantine room can be printed in two hours and one printing machine can produce 15 rooms in a day.
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Medical staff at Seoul Hospital are taking swabs from patients using arm-length rubber gloves that reach into the phone booths. This technique is far more efficient than a large room they previously used which required to be disinfected regularly.
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Kuang-Chi developed an AI-based helmet that measures the body temperatures of individuals in public areas to deem whether they are at high risk for virus transmission. If someone is deemed high-risk the helmet emits both a visual and audio notification.
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Mercedes Formula One started partnering with engineers at University College London and clinicians at UCLH to develop a breathing aid which delivers oxygen to the lungs without needing a ventilator.
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These companies are offering their services free of charge to NHS workers in the UK to help them avoid the crowds in public transportation and to commute more safely.
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The company is reacting to grocery store bread shortages by selling "Freak Fresh Bread On Demand", available via delivery, drive-thru, and curbside pick-up.
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France uses trains from the national railroad to move COVID patients and reduce the pressure in some hospitals, especially in the Grand Est region which is particularly hit very heavy by the COVID outbreak.
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