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  • South Korea Offers a Lesson in Best Practices

    April 21, 2020 |

    Foreign Affairs |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    South Korea's national government took quick action and implemented sweeping policy changes that have helped the country better control the spread of Covid-19. Contact tracing and democratizing the creation of testing supplies were two key aspects, but a major influencer was how quickly the country set these actions into motion by centralizing their approach.

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  • Stressed? Richland County mental health board launches free, confidential helpline

    April 21, 2020 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    To better address the increased likelihood of people experiencing stress and anxiety due to the coronavirus pandemic, Richland County mental health providers have launched a hotline for children and families to call for counseling, free of charge. The hotline is staffed by counselors and case managers and is in addition to other crisis intervention phone lines already in place.

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  • Chef Erik Bruner-Yang's Industrious Restaurant Relief Program Launches on the West Coast

    April 21, 2020 |

    Washingtonian |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    A restaurant relief effort called the Power of 10 Initiative aims to support a devastated hospitality industry. The project raises $10,000 a week to support 10 full-time jobs at small restaurants, who then provide 1,000 meals to essential workers and people in need. After a successful launch in Washington, DC, the initiative is now moving to Los Angeles, California.

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  • How Uganda's history of epidemics has prepared it for COVID-19

    April 21, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Having spent a number of years combatting Ebola and Marburg viruses, officials in Uganda were able to quickly set into a motion a series of proactive strategies such as restriction of movement, surveillance strategies, and widespread testing to help contain the coronavirus outbreak. Although the approach isn't without its limitations – many are stockpiling groceries out of fear – the rapid and aggressive measures have kept the country's caseload low compared to that of other African nations.

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  • In a Philippine indigenous stronghold, traditions keep COVID-19 at bay

    April 21, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Cordillera Administrative Region

    To combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, provinces in the northern Philippines have implemented a tengao, an indigenous version of a lockdown. Since community elders invoked the lockdown, the region has recorded few cases of infection. Government officials said these practices, including other indigenous rituals, have complemented quarantine orders enforced by the national government.

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  • To address overwhelming need, Arizona nurses deploy to Colorado

    April 20, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Nurses from Phoenix’s Banner-University Medical Center volunteered to travel to Greeley, Colorado, which has been hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic. Seeing twice the number of fatalities, Banner Health – because of its capacity and reach – was able to move around their resources to fit the needs of their different locations.

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  • Tracing the Path Of COVID-19 In Hawaii -- 1 Name At A Time

    April 20, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    In Hawaii, an understaffed health department is struggling to keep up with the number of new COVID-19 infections, but they are doing what they can with a method known as contact tracing, in which disease detectives track and monitor the interactions and movements of known infected people. About 70 people in the health department, half of whom are volunteers, make phone calls all day long to infected patients and everyone they have come in contact with. The health department hopes to scale up as soon as possible.

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  • Douglas County Stands Alone in Coronavirus Race Reporting

    April 20, 2020 |

    The Reader |

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    Response Location: United States, Douglas County, Nebraska

    Douglas County in Nebraska is so far the only county to record the race and ethnicity of anyone who tests positive for COVID-19, and that's due in large part to how the Douglas County Health Department has been conducting their outreach. To make sure they are equitably supplying resources, information, and testing, the department hired a team of people to interview anyone who called in with symptoms, and then adds those details to a contact tracing map that better shows where their blind spots have been.

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  • Israeli Phone Apps Aim to Track Coronavirus, Guard Privacy

    April 20, 2020 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: Israel, Jerusalem

    The use of mobile phone technology can aid in contact tracing and the collection of public health data. In Israel, the government’s use of GPS phone locations to trace cases of COVID-19 raised scrutiny regarding privacy and accountability. Instead, a newer, open-source app called Hamagen invites users to download and voluntarily participate in contact tracing. Other measures put in place to safeguard personal privacy concerns include parliamentary oversight of governmental tracing programs.

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  • Meet The Chicago Virus Hunters Who Are Tracking Down COVID-19

    April 20, 2020 |

    WBEZ |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Doctors and staff at Howard Brown Health, a Chicago health center for LGBTQ patients, is using its years of experience in containing and treating HIV and other sexually-transmitted diseases with contact tracing to help contain the spread of Covid-19. The conversations can sometimes be emotional and difficult. The team has found some people are afraid to get the test and others who have lost a loved one to the virus. They have interviewed over 200 people, with many more in the pipeline, and about 65% of those they talked to also tested positive for Covid-19.

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