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  • Test and trace: lessons from Hong Kong on avoiding a coronavirus lockdown

    April 17, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    In Hong Kong, the government has been able to successfully contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to a two-pronged strategy of testing and tracing, in which disease detectives track and monitor the interactions and movements of known infected people. The two strategies are mutually reinforcing and co-dependent.

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  • Contact tracing the coronavirus in Montana — why we're going to need more

    April 17, 2020 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Bozeman, Montana

    As the United States looks toward reopening, some states are preparing by directing resources toward contact tracing strategies, which is not a new protocol for controlling communicable disease and has shown success in other countries during the coronavirus pandemic. Although the practice does not come without limitations, in Montana, the public health departments have still hired and retrained staff dedicated to this practice to be better prepared in case of a resurgence.

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  • In Denmark, the Rarest of Sights: Classrooms Full of Students

    April 17, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Løgumkloster

    As the world progresses through the pandemic, many countries are trying to best address the tough question of when to open back up and how. In Logumkloster, Denmark, which had no known cases of COVID-19, the village's elementary school welcomed back close to 350 students to its physical building with extensive safety and cleaning protocols in place to protect students and teachers. From an economic standpoint, the decision stands to benefit parents working from home, but some worry about the potential health implications—and it may be too soon to tell what those will be.

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  • Black doctors group brings COVID-19 testing to underserved neighborhoods

    April 17, 2020 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Philadelphia, a group of Black doctors formed a medical team to address the Covid-19 testing disparity between different parts of the community. Known as the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, the group offers appointments and makes house calls to test community members for the virus. Although they currently have many volunteers helping, the group is limited by the amount of testing supplies they have on hand.

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  • Do it yourself', edición coronavirus

    April 17, 2020 |

    El Hilo |

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    Response Location: Venezuela

    En 2020, durante el inicio de la pandemia de COVID-19 en América Latina, se multiplicaron las iniciativas que buscaban combatir la propagación del virus y mitigar los impactos de la enfermedad en la población. Desde mascarillas de tela caseras hasta protectores faciales fabricados con impresoras 3D, desde respiradores mecánicos de bajo costo hasta plataformas colaborativas para socializar información, estas iniciativas tuvieron que superar diversas etapas para poder demostrar su utilidad —o sus limitaciones— en el contexto de la mayor crisis de salud mundial de los últimos tiempos.

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  • Rave on: how livestreamed DJ sets are keeping club culture alive

    April 17, 2020 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    United We Stream (UWS) is a Berlin-based collaboration of nightlife businesses aiming to keep their businesses and club culture alive – and keep people entertained – during mandated closures because of COVID-19. With nightlife being hit hard by long-term closures, the collaboration offers live-stream DJ sets and asks for donations for participating businesses, with the hope that after the pandemic subsides, Europe’s club culture will survive.

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  • "I voted in South Korea's elections. This is what democracy can look like in a pandemic."

    April 17, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    South Korea held a national election during the Covid-19 pandemic by taking extensive sanitation and health screening measures. In addition to mandatory face protection and social distancing, voters’ temperatures were taken, hands covered in sanitizer, and given new gloves for their sanitized hands. Those with a fever voted in a secluded area and those with mild Covid-19 symptoms could vote by hospitals. Those in quarantine had one hour to vote after everyone else and needed to report to officials when home. It’s impossible to erase all risks, but many voters report the steps taken increased their security.

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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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  • How India's Kerala state 'flattened the curve'

    April 16, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, Chengala, Kerala

    The state of Kerala, India has been particularly effective in their fight against COVID-19. Kerala happens to have a grassroots democracy with community leaders and the consent of the people, as well as a decentralized health care system. These factors contributed to their other tactics, which include free lunches, a local helpline, and 28-day quarantines. Their efforts have paid off thus far—low mortality rates and high recovery rates—but the fight is not over.

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  • As governments fumbled their coronavirus response, these four got it right. Here's how.

    April 16, 2020 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    As the world continues to grapple with COVID-19, we’re also learning lessons from one another. For instance, Taiwan’s ability to have a designated Central Epidemic Command Center helped to coordinate a comprehensive response and keep their numbers low, and Iceland immediately partnered with a private company to scale their testing design. Germany built out their hospital capacity, which can now handle 10x what it needs, and South Korea developed over 500 testing stations around the country.

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