Every Friday, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week.
For the week of April 24, 2020, here’s a look at what we’re reading:
- Billionaire Joseph Tsai gives San Diego $1.6M in critical medical supplies to fight COVID-19
- Sanford Burnham Prebys identifies 30 existing drugs that could treat COVID-19
- COVID-19 Community Response Fund grants $5.1M to date to support San Diegans in need
- Arcturus Therapeutics to conduct summer COVID-19 vaccine trial
- EDC partners with City and County on strategic reopening efforts
- Brain Corp. donates floor scrubbing robots to essential businesses during pandemic
- San Diego startup Grolltex to create virus testing platform to combat COVID-19
- Tech, life sciences industries still searching for local talent
…and here are the events we’re attending:
COVID-19 & San Diego:
Amidst everything happening in the world, we need a reminder that there’s plenty of ‘Good News’ to go around in SD. We have also compiled additional resources for businesses and individuals seeking additional guidance
For businesses:
- Find information at EDC’s COVID-19 page
- Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page
- Apply for disaster loan assistance
- Access San Diego Workforce Partnership’s updates for businesses
- Pivot operations to produce PPEs, sanitizer, & more
- Find additional guidance from the CDC
For individuals:
- See which San Diego companies are still hiring
- Access San Diego Workforce Partnership’s updates for individuals
- Donate to the COVID-19 Community Response Fund
- Support South Bay Community Services’ food distribution efforts
- Find additional guidance from the CDC
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Heather Dewis
Sr. Manager, Marketing Communications