Thread by @pankajbaid17

Sharing and compiling some positive Examples from leading firms across the globe - How they have handled THIS situation #CoronavirusOutbreak #coronapocolypse #CoronavirusPandemic (1/n)

IT companies - Google, MSFT, Zoom, Slack - made some of their products free to support WFH
Macy, Walmart - Improved policies in cleaning their stores.
vox.com/recode/2020/3/… (2/n)

Museums and orchestras / opera houses are doing - live streaming everything for free to provide valuable entertainment / engagement for vulnerable people at home, give their performers a sense of purpose .
travelandleisure.com/attractions/mu… (3/n)

Some more shows and concerts.
bostonglobe.com/2020/03/13/art…

berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/titelgeschi… (4/n)

KPN is offering their conferencing call services for free for all business customers
Many telcos give unlimited data
Spain's Telefonica gives a lot of content bundles for free - TV etc (5/n)
variety.com/2020/tv/news/s…

Apple & Goldman Sachs are letting customers skip their March credit card payments without any interest charges or late fees ! Super move ! @HDFC_Bank @AmexBusiness can follow some of them. (6/n)
9to5mac.com/2020/03/14/app…

edition.cnn.com/2020/03/05/tec…

Now you can get your food delivered without any human contact ! leave at door” delivery - where your order is left on your doorstep and you are sent a time stamped picture.
@swiggy_in @UberEats @Zomato are also taking some similar measures. (7/n)

Zoom has made its platform free to schools for K-12 use.
Many EDtech companies have also made their tools free to use for parents and teachers as well. (8/n)

Ola and Uber taking some important measures on customer safety ! @Olacabs @UberINSupport
Sharing their emails received ! (9/n)

Now for Marriott Bonvoy Members ! Kind gesture from @MarriottBonvoy @MBonvoyAssist @MarriottIntl
Also for guests making new individual reservations till April 30, 2020, they will allow those reservations to be changed or cancelled at no charge upto 24 hrs before arrival. (10/n)

Got email from United Airlines as well !
No change fees, extra screening, better measures etc.
hub.united.com/united-no-chan… @IndiGo6E @airindiain @goairlinesindia kindly follow suit. (11/n)

Measures by Indian Companies
- WFH
- Travel Suspended
- Disinfecting and sanitising office spaces
- Distributing Masks, Sanitizers
- Discouraging Physical Meetings

businesstoday.in/current/corpor… (12/n)

Lots of interesting and positive things are happening across the globe and all are doing their best to prevent and protect their near and dear ones ! Stay safe and healthy ! Just thought to share a thread on positive perspectives during such times ! #CoronavirusOutbreak (13/n)

One thing is for sure though: 3D printing can have an immediate beneficial effect when the supply chain is completely broken.
3dprintingmedia.network/covid-19-3d-pr…

This is an interesting change of trend ! Lets see how this pans out ! @reliancejio @karanjohar @DharmaMovies
nytimes.com/reuters/2020/0…

DBS offering all DBS/POSB customers and their immediate family complimentary COVID-19 relief insurance coverage to further cushion affected patients’ expenses. @HDFCLIFE @HDFCBankNews
dbs.com.sg/personal/insur…

Positive Spirits - Trainer hosts workout from roof as people follow on balconies in quarantined Spain us.hola.com/health-and-bea… (17/n)