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  • Urban farm provides homeless shelter residents with good food and opportunities

    April 09, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    An innovative partnership between Bell Shelter, a homeless shelter, Grow Good, an urban farm, and the Salvation Army is bringing healthy food and cooking to a new audience in Los Angeles. People experiencing homelessness are able to get paid to learn culinary skills, and the food from the urban garden both feeds the homeless residents as well as earns income through a social enterprise model that helps fund the training and support programming. After shelter clients participate in the 12 week culinary training program, many are able to get full-time jobs at local culinary institutions.

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  • What California is doing right in responding to the coronavirus pandemic

    April 09, 2020 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Several statewide measures allowed California to mitigate its surge of COVID-19 cases by acting early. The state issued a mandatory stay-at-home order, which included making face masks mandatory and shutting down public parks during the Easter holiday. In addition to restricting movement, California also made testing widely available and managed to produce a surplus of ventilators. Furthermore, many tech companies quickly adopted work-from-home measures. The thoroughness and early nature of these responses helped the state avoid a surge as seen in New York.

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  • Did Ohio get it right? Early intervention, preparation for pandemic may pay off.

    April 09, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    By taking prompt action to shut down major tourist events and increase medical treatment capacity, Ohio’s early response to COVID-19 has, thus far, helped to temper the surge of confirmed cases in the state. Governor DeWine and the Cleveland Clinic began to mobilize resources prior to the state's first confirmed case. The Governor also suspended “The Arnold,” a popular fitness exposition in Columbus.

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  • California appears to be flattening the curve — but residents must keep social distancing for at least another month, experts say

    April 09, 2020 |

    Business Insider |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The newest caseload numbers out of California have indicated that the state has been at least somewhat successful in containing the coronavirus outbreak, but residents are still being instructed to keep social distancing. With early and aggressive measures taken in the state to enact social distancing and shelter-in-place, these methods are being credited as major factors in the success so far.

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  • Competing Hospitals Cooperate to Meet the Crisis

    April 08, 2020 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Across the U.S. many state hospitals and forming partnerships with each other and hospitals in other states to better address the coronavirus pandemic. Washington's hospital system is emerging as a model for collective cooperation, where all 115 hospitals communicated thoroughly with another to unilaterally suspend nonessential procedures and move all children and young adults out of the main hospitals to pediatric facilities.

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  • New Zealand isn't just flattening the curve. It's squashing it.

    April 07, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    New Zealand has managed to not just flatten the curve, but has shown signs of eliminating the coronavirus thanks to rapid interventions taken by the government. Heeding the outcomes in the U.S. and Italy, the country used a comprehensive and aggressive approach which included shutting their borders down to tourists, mandating a 4-week lockdown, and announcing a coronavirus response alert plan.

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  • Strategies by Asian Nations to Stop COVID-19

    April 07, 2020 |

    La Noticia |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    Several Asian nations have successfully slowed the spread of coronavirus and may now offer lessons for the U.S. and Europe. Although each took its own approach, commonalities included governmental oversight, early intervention in public policies and business, widespread testing, and information management.

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  • Local Groups Sew Face Masks During Shortage

    April 07, 2020 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Citizens across Northeast Georgia are participating in grassroots community efforts to help supply masks for health workers. A Facebook group called, "Mask Making for Athens Area Healthcare Workers," is providing guidance and support in a myriad of ways— from sewing masks, delivering masks, or teaching others how to sew. The group has donated over 2,400 masks to 30 organizations and have received requests for over 4,400 more masks.

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  • This Is What The South Korean Government Comfort Package For Quarantined People Looks Like

    April 03, 2020 |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    As told through the words of citizens on social media, this article lays out a number of ways the government of South Korean has been able to contain the virus. A notable thing is the care package mailed to everyone, containing hygiene essentials such as face masks and hand sanitizer, fresh produce, quarantine garbage disposal instructions, and a letter expressing concern for people’s well being. This cuts down on people in quarantine leaving home to shop for essentials. Other tactics include rapid testing and follow-up with infected patients.

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  • At the frontlines of Nigeria's COVID-19 response: The Laboratory

    April 02, 2020 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has opened seven 24-hour laboratories across the country with the capacity to test and diagnose the coronavirus. They have staff working around the clock to conduct and diagnose the tests. This article takes you through the exact process of how these employees help fight the virus in Nigeria, complete with pictures.

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