Sony is creating a $100 million fund to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. The fund, called the "Sony Global Relief Fund for COVID-19," is intended to help medical professionals, educators, and creatives, including ones within the games industry, impacted by the coronavirus.
The fund will be dedicating $10 million to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund to assist with medical workers and frontline response measures. Sony is also exploring ways it can assist with stopping the spread of the disease, which has led to events like E3 being canceled and disrupted much of the world.
Sony will also be "leverage its technologies" for students, as large parts of the world currently face school closures in response to the disease's spread. Sony didn't dive that far into the specifics of such measures, though it did mention working directly with educators to implement them.
Sony is looking to assist many members of the creative community, from musicians to games industry members. Sony stated that it will look for ways to support "creators... Who have been impacted by the cancellation or postponement of concerts and live events, or the shutting down of film and television productions."
Sony President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida reaffirmed the company's dedication to fighting the disease, stating that it would do all it can to help with impacted members of the community. For now, there's not much more that anyone can do.
Source: Sony