BY PRIVATE SECTOR
- American Airlines partners with UNICEF to provide relief for COVID-19 efforts in Latin America
- Bill Gates is funding new factories to make 7 potential coronavirus vaccines
- Bill and Melinda Gates commit 100 Million USD and invite others to join
- Crocs shares free pair to healthcare professionals
- JetBlue offers free flights for medical professionals and supplies and other organizations offer other supplies, hotel and coffee as coronavirus pandemic continues
- The Starbucks Foundation donates more than $ 3M to global COVID-19 relief efforts
- Tencent donates USD $ 10M to COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund
BY GOVERNMENTS
- 193 Member States unanimously sign the declaration of solidarity in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Canada commits more than USD $1 billion to national medical research strategy to fight COVID-19
- The Netherlands announces Euros 10 million in additional support for GFF COVID-19 response
- Vietnam donates USD $50,000 to WHO’s COVID-19 Solidarity response fund
- Norway creates new multi donor fund at the United Nations to assist countries with weak health systems in the COVID-19 response
- Norway sets aside funds for humanitarian COVID-19 response
- Norway makes a record NOK2.2 Billion donation to CEPI for COVID-19 response
- Canada donates $ 50 Million CAD in humanitarian assistance to help developing countries prepare and respond to COVID-19
- Canada funds research to rapidly detect, manage and reduce the spread of COVID-19
- UK increases investment in CEPI to develop a COVID-19 vaccine
- Japan, UK, USA, Korea and Australia donate to the UNICEF COVID-19 appeal
- 5% of contribution by Japan ($ 476 M USD) to Global fund dedicated to COVID-19 pandemic
- Global Fund approves 5% allocation of funds to COVID-19 response
- Gavi makes funds available immediately for supported countries to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Denmark sets aside $ 1 Billion to support coronavirus response in the African continent and nearby areas
- The European Union reallocates €140 Million to 6 European countries most at need and €700 Million in instruments to mitigate the socio-economic impact of COVID-19
- The World Bank Group increases COVID-19 funding to $ 14 Billion to help sustain economies and protect jobs