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  • The translators giving indigenous migrants a voice

    April 20, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Guatemala

    The group, Promoters of Migrant Liberation, provides translation of indigenous Guatemalan, Maya, Mexican, and Afro-Caribbean languages for migrants in US detention centers. They help translate right from detention, throughout case preparation, and as migrants exit detention centers. The group is made up of only women translating for women migrants, but as detention centers see more migrants as a result of zero-tolerance policies, they’re going to expand to help children and men.

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  • How epidemiology detectives are tracing each Alaska coronavirus case

    April 17, 2020 |

    Anchorage Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    In an effort to contain the coronavirus, Alaska nurses are stepping in as "contact tracers," as a means of investigating who should be quarantined or tested. The initiative has been credited for helping keep Alaska's rate of transmission low thus far in addition to other measures such as social distancing.

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  • Seoul's Radical Experiment in Digital Contact Tracing

    April 17, 2020 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    In South Korea, the government has launched a program of contact tracing, in which disease detectives track and monitor the interactions and movements of known infected people, which many observers are hailing as the gold standard. Though the country's leaders concede a trade off between safety and privacy, the highly detailed emergency alerts constantly pushed to South Korean cell phones on infected people's whereabouts and movements have helped the country flatten the curve significantly.

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  • In Vietnam, There Have Been Fewer Than 300 COVID-19 Cases And No Deaths. Here's Why

    April 16, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Vietnam

    Vietnam has been praised for their collective response to containing coronavirus which was predicated on early and aggressive action and applying lessons learned from earlier communicable disease outbreaks. Although the country did not implement a lockdown until April 1, political leaders began taking actions as early as January.

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  • Nevada town lacked coronavirus news. A radio station came to the rescue

    April 14, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Ely, Nevada

    Local radio station, KDSS-FM in Ely, Nevada is filling information needs with crucial COVID-19 related updates. Located in a region with no local TV station and just a once-a-week newspaper, the daily broadcast, which once was for mostly entertainment purposes, has stepped up to fill the gap. The hosts help find answers to questions from the community and have regular local officials, like the town’s Mayor, on to provide public health and safety updates.

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  • Need a Paycheck Protection Program Loan, or Just a Bank That Cares? Here's How to Find One

    April 14, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    An online tool called Mighty serves as a “Tripadvisor” for banks, connecting users with publicly-available data on how banks across the United States use their money so that they can make informed decisions when it comes to choosing a bank. During the coronavirus pandemic, Mighty is filling a popular request by connecting small business owners with banks and credit unions that are reliably implementing the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. Mighty has a particular focus on how much social good each bank does, reminding people that every individual choice adds up to societal change.

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  • Tracking the unseen: How public health workers chase COVID-19 in Salt Lake County

    April 11, 2020 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Contact tracing, the act of identifying the people that someone infected with COVID-19 has come into contact with to reduce transmission, is front and center for Salt Lake City County’s Infectious Disease and Epidemiology bureaus, which have increased staff by 100 people to adapt to rising need. As opposed to what some deem invasive technology used to do contact tracing in other countries, Salt Lake City is relying on an all-hands-on-deck surveillance effort through questioning of individuals with the goal of reducing spread as much as possible.

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  • Coronavirus diaries are helping people cope. They're also a research gold mine

    April 10, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    As the COVID-19 pandemic continues on, people are turning to social media to share their stories and find communities. With a flood of misinformation online and mixed messaging from government leaders, many are documenting their own experiences having the novel coronavirus to give contextual experiences and reduce others’ anxiety. Researchers have noticed this spike in digital diaries and are using it for research as well.

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  • Wikipedia Has a Special Project to Fight Coronavirus Fake News in India

    April 03, 2020 |

    NDTV (New Delhi TV) |

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    Response Location: India

    As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, another kind of pandemic spreads alongside it, one of misinformation and fake news. But Wikipedia, which has 300 times more traffic than the Indian government's website, is working to fight the latter pandemic in India through Project SWASTHA (an abbreviation of Special Wikipedia Awareness Scheme for The Healthcare Affiliates), by providing COVID-19 information in Indic languages.

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  • Covid-19 Changed How the World Does Science, Together

    April 01, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    While most other scientific research around the world has come to a halt, coronavirus research is flourishing as a global collaboration of scientists focuses on understanding the virus and finding a vaccine. Competition among scientists and countries is still fervent, but information is being shared across labs and borders more urgently and quickly than before.

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