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Heroes United Kingdom

17. April 2020

99-Year-Old Collects 28 Million Dollars Doing 100 Rounds on a Walker

Captain Tom Moore, a 99-year-old British Veteran, wanted to collect 1,000 GBP (1,250 USD) to support the National Health System in the fight against Coronavirus. As of today, he received 13 million GBP (16 million USD) in donations.

Society

Society USA

11. April 2020

Free Shoes for Nurses and Doctors, so They Can Stand up to Coronavirus

A shoe manufacturing giant is donating 10,000 of their comfortable shoes a day to healthcare workers in the United States to help them fight through the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Society

5. April 2020

Monks, Chemists and Distillers Produce Hand Sanitizers for the Poor

With high demand for disinfection fluids across the globe, more and more companies, governments and even monasteries are stepping in to help those in need and curb the spread of COVID-19.

Health

Health USA

2. April 2020

Doctors Can Now Sterilize and Reuse Face Masks in Time of Shortage

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals are facing critical shortages of N95 face masks. But research and clinical teams have found a way to decontaminate and reuse the masks, using already-existing vaporized hydrogen peroxide.

Society

Society China

1. April 2020

Big Brands React to Corona, Make Sanitizer Instead of Perfume, Face Masks Instead of Phones

Major companies around the world are joining efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic by switching production of their usual products to making and distributing free medical supplies.

Health

Health Germany

1. April 2020

In Corona Times, Refugees in Germany Find a Purpose – Even Without Work Permits

Due to an expected shortage of medical staff in Germany as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, the nation is looking to its migrant and refugee communities – including those normally not permitted to work – for help.

Health

Health Israel

28. March 2020

Doctors Remove Lung from Cancer Patient, Clean It, and Place It Back in Body

A hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel has undertaken a groundbreaking surgery procedure on a lung cancer patient where, for the first time, the tumor was taken out, cleaned and put back in the patient’s body.

Society

Society Germany

27. March 2020

Germany Takes in Corona Patients to Relieve Italy’s Overloaded Hospitals

In a first for Italy, critically ill patients are being transferred from the nation’s overcrowded hospitals to a neighboring country: Germany is offering Italians the assistance they need while its own hospitals have enough space to accommodate COVID-19 victims.

Society

Society United Kingdom

24. March 2020

Let’s Make Hand Sanitizers, Not Booze – Distilleries Decide

From the U.S. to the U.K. to Australia, gin distilleries around the world have been producing hand sanitizers to help the vulnerable protect themselves against the novel coronavirus.

Health

Health USA

22. March 2020

The Comeback of Copper: It Kills Germs Within Minutes!

Scientists have been able to demonstrate that not only does copper kill bacteria, but it also kills viruses – within merely a few minutes. As a result, they are looking into introducing copper again to society and hospitals.