As the COVID-19 virus spreads in the U.S. and around the world, sophisticated geographic information systems are being used to monitor its progress and provide real-time information to medical institutions and the public.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is separately partnering with Mastercard and Wellcome to offer $125 million in funding to identify potential COVID-19 treatments and speed up their development.
The tech giants are encouraging their Seattle-based employees to work from home as a precaution while the number of coronavirus cases in Washington state and nationwide rises.