Major airlines have been discussing the possibility of conducting passenger temperature checks prior to boarding flights, testing new technology that would screen passengers for dangerous medical conditions like COVID.
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Roodkappje is a community-driven delivery platform to help small restaurants and markets reopen at least for deliveries. Volunteers that go out for a jog or to walk your dog are turned into deliverymen who pick up parcels and deliver them around their neighbourhood.
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The Wing drone delivery system developed by Google is used to deliver toilet paper, baby essentials and medicine to residents in lockdown in Virginia, USA. Run by Google's parent company Alphabet Inc, the drone delivery service had been running a test programme for several months before COVID started.
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The Beat Bus project is a free bus service that aims to facilitate the transfer of health professionals to hospitals in Lima and Buenos Aires. The project is a cooperation with the local authorities to ensure that it complies with all the disinfection and sanitation protocols necessary to transport doctors, nurses and technical personnel safely.
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AEGEAN and Hellenic Petroleum support the current effort of Greece and Cyprus to combat the COVID crisis, by operating cargo flights for the transport of medical and pharmaceutical supplies. AEGEAN will provide for aircraft and crew as well as other variable costs, while Hellenic Petroleum through EKO Cyprus, will cover the respective fuel costs.
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German cities are redrawing road markings to create “pop-up” cycle lanes for the duration of the COVID lockdown, as cyclists demand more space to keep a safe physical distance on their commutes to work.
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The company provides a service that usually uses eBikes to collect old glass, paper etc. Now it has switched to delivering food for the homeless and also partnered with a local green energy company for a fundraising campaign.
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The Boxcar app used to help residents and businesses to rent out open driveways or parking lots. Residents in Madison, New Jersey, can now use the app to reserve and pick up grocery boxes that contain eggs, milk and romaine lettuce, among other fruits and vegetables.
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The contactless technology can monitor the temperature, heart and respiratory rate of any passenger using an airport touchpoint to detect any potential COVID symptoms.
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Ibercaja foundation and the Red Cross have launched the '#YoCedoMiCoche' campaign in Aragon, Spain, to which eight official Aragonese car dealerships have joined, contributing their fleet of vehicles for home delivery of essential goods, both food and sanitary products, cleaning and hygiene.
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The COVID crisis caused a critical shortage of blood in Ukraine. With the #taxidonor program, Uklon, the national network of gas stations, will provide donors with daily promotional codes to travel to blood donation centres and back home, while the national WOG network will provide fuel for vehicles. The company will provide 20,000 promotional codes in seven cities in Ukraine.
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Powered by Via and deployed in partnership with the leading transport operator United Trans and Abu Dhabi’s Integrated Transport Centre (ITC), the city’s essential healthcare workers now have a safe and free way to travel between their home and place of work during COVID.
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The city of Florianópolis will be the first to receive the "Hyundai Solidarity Transport" program. The company's objective is to transport elderly people over 60 years old as well as healthcare professionals, free of charge.
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Indian Railways’ new mobile doctor booth called CHARAK allows for check-ups requiring zero direct physical contact. This permits medical staff to abandon single-use protective clothing, making it environmentally friendly and less resource intensive.
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Moscow’s city bikesharing service will start operating earlier this year (in mid-April) and will also be free of charge for delivery services and volunteers - who will be the only ones who can use the service.
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Bogota opened nearly 72 miles (117 kilometers) of new bike routes in March in hopes of reducing congestion and person-to-person contact on the perpetually crowded TransMilenio bus system.
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Delta Flight Products, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Airlines, which normally focuses on aircraft interiors, has turned its attention to manufacturing thousands of clear visor face shields to help healthcare workers on the frontlines.
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Both airlines are reaching out to those staff who have not been working due to planes having been grounded following the COVID outbreak to consider helping at the new hospitals being built across the country.
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Constant Aviation is working around the clock to treat business and private aircraft with MicroShield 360, an FDA-approved antimicrobial shield that kills 99.99 percent of bacteria.
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Jet2 has donated thousands of its in-flight snack boxes after flights were grounded to help UK charities support the elderly and the homeless in Greater Manchester and Yorkshire.
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