After nearly a decade of helping communities in distress abroad, Sean Penn is joining the fight against the coronavirus much closer to home. | AP
“We have an infrastructure in place to respond, and so we decided that we would if we could be value added,” Penn said in an interview this week. “It’s something that we can adapt to very quickly with the training of the Los Angeles Fire Department initially. And then we’re able to take all those firemen and put them back in to serve the people in the way that we need them to.”
So far, CORE has provided more than 6,500 free tests since March 30. The organization is operating at four sites with plans of expanding and will manage a new location in Los Angeles starting Friday.“Getting more people tested will help us get Angelenos the care they need and flatten the curve more quickly to slow the spread of COVID-19,” Garcetti said in statement.
A car leaves a drive-thru coronavirus testing site organized by Sean Penn’s nonprofit organization Community Organized Relief Effort at Malibu City Hall in California. Image: AP/Chris Pizzello
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