The coronavirus not only threatens our physical health, many of us need support to boost their mental, physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
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Reducing the impact of fake news during the Covid-19 crisis
To fight fake news around Covid-19, a French project raises awareness for false information regarding the pandemic.
Using AI to detect temperatures of people in high-density urban areas
Recent technological advances can be used to to liberate health professionals from risky tasks.
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Car producer offers support to produce medical equipment
Scania sent production and logistics personnel to a medical technology company to help speed up its production and improve logistics.
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Facebook group to offer and ask for help
A facebook group connecting people who offer and seek help has branched out across borders.
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Hotels offer rooms to Covid-19 patients’ families and care staff
At a new online platform, hotels offer their rooms at cost price to care staff and family members of Covid-19 patients.
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Platform livestreams sports classes
An Austrian sports association offers a broad variety of live streamed sports classes.
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A resource centre to access research on Covid-19 for free
To support health workers, researchers and public servants with the most recent content regarding Covid-19, The Lancet has created a Coronavirus Resource Centre.
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Daily report about the current situation in Intensive Care Units
The German Interdisciplinary Association of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine publishes a daily report about the situation in German hospitals.
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Using crowdfunding to provide a face mask for every citizen
The municipality of Viterbo collects donations to empower companies to reconvert their production lines to the production of face masks.
Medical video consulting service
Welsh doctors provide video appointments for patients to minimise the spread of the coronavirus.
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VIrtually seeing a doctor
Doctors open virtual practices to care for their patients online. At “KinderarztNow”, you dial in via laptop, smartphone or phone to have your personal session with a doctor.
New type of oxygen device to help Covid-19 patients breathe
An easy to produce ventilator could fill the shortage of breathing devices in intensive care units.