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How Korea's galleries evaded a coronavirus standstill

Lisa Movius

April 20, 2020 |

The Art Newspaper |

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Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

South Korea's successful response to the pandemic goes beyond containing the virus; it has also supported its art scene at a time when the arts seem to be on the backburner. Commerical galleries have been allowed to remain open with the enforcement of social distancing, hygiene, and sharing of personal information for the sake of contact tracing. While art markets around the world grind to a halt, South Korean galleries have had a steady pace of sales and are quickly returning to their pre-pandemic numbers. The government is also providing a variety of relief funds for art curators, artists, and galleries.

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

Eleni Gill

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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New York Needed Ventilators. So They Developed One in a Month.

Steve Lohr

April 20, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

After learning that the U.S. would likely face a shortage of ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic, a group of "scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, physicians and regulatory experts" collaborated to design an automatic resuscitator that can be used to help "less critically ill patients." The streamlined creation comes with an affordable price tag, making it more scalable for use in rural areas or less developed regions, and has also been approved by the F.D.A. for use in hospitals.

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Mental Health Providers Are Struggling, Too. Here's How They're Supporting Each Other

Megan Wildhood

April 20, 2020 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Lacey, Washington

Many psychologists and counselors have moved their therapy sessions online due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has been received largely positively across the nation. As the pandemic continues, however, there is an increasing need for therapists who are trained to work with other therapists or first responders, so some states are now increasing online educational training, using social media to make connections, and utilizing professional organizations to "keep records of therapists available and trained to work with other first responders."

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Douglas County Stands Alone in Coronavirus Race Reporting

Chris Bowling

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

Kristen Schorsch

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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Special Olympics NY goes virtual for 50th anniversary

Marian Hetherly

April 20, 2020 |

WBFO |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York

The Special Olympics turned 50 in 2020, but the pandemic has put a damper on their original birthday plans. People with intellectual and physical differences who participate rely on the games for social connection, so many are suffering from the social quarantine. To make up for it, the Special Olympics has moved online—creating an online fitness video series with the WWE. The program, called School of Strength, features exercises and even downloadable interactive toolkits for coaches and caregivers. After initial hurdles, they are now going live twice a week and posting new content daily.

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They asked for firewood, food, even medication, and strangers across Maine delivered

Josh Keefe

April 20, 2020 |

Bangor Daily News |

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Response Location: United States, Maine

New and existing community response and mutual aid networks, such as the Maine Coronavirus Community Assistance Facebook page, serve as stopgap measures so people struggling with the economic costs of the Covid-19 pandemic can get more immediate aid than from state bureaucracies. The crowd-sourced format also allows for more targeted aid, like when one of Maine’s 20,000 members received firewood, food, and even over-the-counter medication. The Maryland page has marked over 200 posts as having received assistance. To run smoothly, the pages need volunteer moderators to fact-check and maintain civility.

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Dumplings Against Hate

Brianna Baker

April 20, 2020 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The NYC-based campaign, Dumplings Against Hate, has raised tens of thousands of dollars for Asian Americans for Equality’s Emergency Small Business Relief Fund by bringing together a virtual community of support. As the COVID-19 pandemic picked up in early 2020, Chinatown restaurants and businesses saw a decrease in revenue because of xenophobia and racism, inspiring the group’s creation. Since then, it’s acted as a model for similar groups across the country, and is creating a toolkit for cities to create their own campaigns.

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To address overwhelming need, Arizona nurses deploy to Colorado

Delaney White Dylan Simard

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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