In the face of the Coronacrisis, an innovative project that uses repurposed shipping containers to create plug-in Intensive-Care Units (ICU) with biocontainment through negative pressure was just launched. It goes by the name CURA (Connected Units for Respiratory Aliments) and is an open-source design for emergency COVID-19 hospitals. The first model of CURA has been built and installed at a...

The Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency (BSMEPA) has published a new portal on its website, through which representatives of Bulgarian business can be informed about available public financial support instruments, government measures for staff retention and compensation of employees, as well as important normative documents related to the state of emergency in the country. A...

The Health Ministry of Spain has recently published the following official guideline to desinfect and reuse of hygenic masks: Wash and disinfect the masks with normal detergent and warm water with temperature between 60º-90º (normal washing machine cycle). Soak the masks in a bleach dilluted with warm water with the proportion of 1:50 for 30 minutes. Then wash with soap and water and rinse well to...

As a response to multiple research group requests and thanks to the authorisation of data owners, EisphorIA has deployed its Natural Language Processing (NLP) solution. This allows researchers to access thousands of COVID-19 related scientific papers, assisted by artificial intelligence. The service helps researchers to gain insights into the Coronavirus, identify trends and understand quickly...

Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste, an Italian research centre, aims to actively contribute to COVID-19 research, giving special priority to experiments related to SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins and studies of possible drugs for viral infection treatment. Researchers from all over the world have the possibility to benefit from remote access to Elettra/FERMI beamlines and perform experiments on a priority...

The COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) is a joint effort of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), a forum that includes the United Nations and other international organisations and NGOs with a humanitarian mandate, to analyse and respond to the direct public health crisis and the indirect humanitarian consequences of the pandemic, particularly for people living in countries...

An inspiring example of how companies from the Stockholm region retool operations to assist in the fight against the coronavirus is the story of A23 Lab AB. Until a few weeks ago, the clinical laboratory A23 Lab based at the Biomedical Center in Uppsala, only conducted testing for prostate cancer using a proprietary test. Now, it’s redirecting its efforts towards COVID-19 sampling as an official...

Three master students of clinical technology at the TU Delft are fighting at the forefront in the current Coronavirus crisis. In just three weeks and with support of their professor and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the AirOne respirator is now ready for use. The first 500 units were already ordered by the Dutch Ministry. These respirators are manufactured on the TU Delft campus and should be...

Over the last two weeks, Sofia Investment Agency (InvestSofia) and Innovative Sofia, together with the direct participation of the Sofia Deputy Mayor for Digitalization, Mr. Vladimir Danailov, have been organising online meetings with a number of industry clusters and associations in Sofia, Bulgaria. The group e-met with the Bulgarian Startup Association (BESCO), the Association for Innovation...

AstroPrint, a Malaga-based software company specilised on 3D printing, has just launched an App to help tackle the Corona crisis. Through the AstroPrint Clusters Platform, Regional Coordinators can manage 'Clusters' of 3D Printer owners and makers and distribute the medical supplies they print/make to hospitals. This nurses and doctors get Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) they need to stay...