Online retail giant Amazon and Microsoft's Bill Gates are working together to track the outbreak's spread.
Amazon Care will assist the work by delivering test kits to people's homes and then picking them up for researchers.“We are grateful to be surrounded by a strong community of public health, global health and academic leaders and are eager to leverage Amazon Care’s infrastructure and logistics capabilities to support this local effort,” an Amazon spokesman said.
The partnership could help improve coronavirus testing in the US as it lags behind other countries in getting people checked for the virus. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday reported 33,453 cases of coronavirus in the country. That's an increase of 18,185 cases from its previous count, while the death toll almost doubled to 400.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation along with research charity Wellcome and Mastercard's Impact Charity have committed $125m in funding to develop treatments for the coronavirus. Earlier this month, Mr Gates announced he was stepping down from Microsoft's board to focus on his philanthropic efforts.
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