JOB. DOUG: AS WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING, MORE THAN 100 OF THE COVID-19 CASES HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS ARE IN SOME WAY CONNECTED TO THAT BIOGENIC CONFERENCE HELD IN BOSTON. NOW, THE CAMBRIDGE-BASED COMPANY IS DONATING $10 MILLION. BIOGEN SAYS IT WILL SUPPORT ACCESS TO FOOD.
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Company linked to half of Massachusetts’ coronavirus cases donating $10M to support relief efforts
Updated: 11:08 AM EDT Mar 17, 2020
The company linked to half of the state’s cases of coronavirus is donating millions to support global response efforts and communities around the world impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Biogen is donating $10 million to address immediate critical needs, with the majority of donations going to support nonprofit organizations in the U.S., including Massachusetts and North Carolina, in Italy and in other impacted countries worldwide. The donation will be used to help expand testing options, ease the strain on medical systems, provide training for frontline health workers and support access to necessities like food, Biogen said. The company has also provided medical equipment and supplies to Partners HealthCare in Massachusetts, to help diagnose COVID-19 in a greater number of people. Biogen will also be supporting Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital directly as they work on the front line to treat and contain the virus.More than 100 of the COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts are in some way connected to a Biogen conference that was held in Boston last month. The Boston Marriott Long Wharf, where the conference was held, closed indefinitely as a result of its connection to the outbreak.
The company linked to half of the state’s cases of coronavirus is donating millions to support global response efforts and communities around the world impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Biogen is donating $10 million to address immediate critical needs, with the majority of donations going to support nonprofit organizations in the U.S., including Massachusetts and North Carolina, in Italy and in other impacted countries worldwide.
The donation will be used to help expand testing options, ease the strain on medical systems, provide training for frontline health workers and support access to necessities like food, Biogen said.
The company has also provided medical equipment and supplies to Partners HealthCare in Massachusetts, to help diagnose COVID-19 in a greater number of people. Biogen will also be supporting Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital directly as they work on the front line to treat and contain the virus.
More than 100 of the COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts are in some way connected to a Biogen conference that was held in Boston last month. The Boston Marriott Long Wharf, where the conference was held, closed indefinitely as a result of its connection to the outbreak.
