In recent weeks, many Spanish athletes have announced that they have created a fund to raise money to fight the coronavirus, buy medical supplies ... a movement that I do not remember having seen in any other Spanish company except Inditex, through Amancio Ortega who has made his facilities available to the Spanish government to create masks, gowns for doctors ...
Outside of Spain, companies such as Apple have also made donations to fight the coronavirus, donations to which they also Google has joined, announcing that it will invest more than 800 million dollars in fighting and alleviating the effects of the coronavirus throughout the world, not only in the United States.
Google claims it will deliver more than 800 million dollars to help organizations and companies most affected by the coronavirus, including $ 250 million for the World Health Organization in addition to other government agencies, $ 200 million for NGOs and financial institutions, and a significant $ 340 million credit from Google Ads for small and medium-sized businesses.
Many small and medium-sized companies are having a very bad time because in most cases, they have been forced to stop their work. This aid will allow small and medium-sized companies invest in Google Ads on credit, that is, without paying for the advertising campaigns in advance, as the Google ad platform has always worked.
In addition, Google plans to provide unquantified financial support and technical expertise for assist in the manufacture of protective equipment and medical devices, working together with partner companies and suppliers and assisting in the production of masks, ventilators and other medical devices.
All the academic institutions and researchersThey will also have $ 20 million in Google Cloud credit available to them, so that they can use the company's services while they work to study the disease and work on therapies and vaccines.