Avast provides technical expertise and support for front line workers; $25 million donated by the Avast Foundation to research initiatives to defeat COVID-19
Contributions to the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other donors, and to CEPI will help accelerate treatments, and the containment of the disease through vaccines.
Avast has always been driven by a mission to keep people safe, and we are deeply concerned about the escalation of the global COVID-19 health crisis. Over the last few months, our Avast colleagues worldwide have been volunteering their time and technical skills to support local community relief efforts and the Avast Foundation has donated funds to a number of important relief causes. And while I’m hugely grateful for these contributions and the enthusiasm and passion they are demonstrating, we felt that there was more that Avast could do to help. [embedded content] I think most of us are now feeling the immediate effects of this crisis with social distancing and lockdown disruptions, but the global long-term impact on our healthcare and social system -- and our entire economy -- cannot yet be measured. On one hand, people on the front lines continue risking their health to keep our world moving and to save the lives of others, so immediate relief programs remain critical. On the other hand, as the pandemic persists and the knock-on effects on our society continue to develop, longer-term thinking is absolutely essential.
And it was exactly this realization that has directed our steps when thinking how we could help further. As a tech company, we are naturally drawn to looking at initiatives where research and inno ..
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