A significant part of the progress in the struggle against the spread of the coronavirus depends on testing capacities. Many universities have personnel and equipment well-suited for corona testing.
A platform developed during the #WirVsVirus Hackaton of the German government allocates free capacities of universities such as material, machines, and personnel to certified test laboratories for corona tests.
The platform is called PIRAT-Tool (for Pandemic Important Resource Allocation Tool) and can be found here.