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  • A Simple Mask

    April 01, 2020 |

    Respekt |

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    Response Location: Czech Republic

    In the Czech Republic, a seamstress named Michaela Moudra encouraged people across the country to meet their nation's acute need for face masks to reduce COVID-19 transmission. From her Facebook group Czechia Sews Face Masks, which now has tens of thousands of members, Moudra inspired hundreds to start sewing masks.

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  • Hospital chaplains find creative ways to offer compassion, despite coronavirus restrictions, so no one has to die alone

    April 01, 2020 |

    Chicago Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Social distancing rules are proving to be especially difficult to maintain for people whose family member is dying of the virus. Chaplains in Chicago are finding ways to help families to be with their loved ones in times of illness and so that no patient has to die alone. Chaplains will talk to the patient on the phone, broadcast family members' voices over the rooms' intercoms, and hand nurses prayer cards to give to the patient when they enter the room. The chaplains also work to alleviate the stress of the healthcare workers by praying over specific concerns and wishes that the nurses have.

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  • Taiwan's aggressive efforts are paying off in fight against COVID-19

    April 01, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Due to its proximity to China, experts forcasted that Taiwan would experience a high number of coronavirus cases, but aggressive intervention strategies have kept the overall caseload much lower than expected. New regulations, especially focused on people traveling through the airport – such as enrolling travelers in a national coronavirus database, taking their temperature in the airport, and mandating a two-week quarantine – granted the government the capability of being able to track the spread of potential incoming cases.

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  • Sports equipment manufacturer releases face shield design so others can pivot to medical supply

    April 01, 2020 |

    Manchester Ink Link |

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    Response Location: United States, Exeter, New Hampshire

    A sports safety equipment producer in New Hampshire shifted to producing personal protective equipment when the coronavirus pandemic caused a shortage for medical professionals. After working with a nurse practitioner to design the face shields, the company created an assembly line, while maintaining social distancing, that has been able to produce 6,000 masks per day. They have also made their design public so other production facilities can pivot to PPE production.

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  • Statewide makerspace network collaborates on COVID-19 mask projects

    April 01, 2020 |

    Manchester Ink Link |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Makerspaces, collaborative community-operated workspaces, across New Hampshire have started using 3D printers to make masks for healthcare workers. Using mostly donated supplies, members printed and assembled protective face shields for health-care workers, sending 150 to a hospital in Manchester and planning on making 1,000 a week. The main limitation is that 3D printer is slow, but volunteers throughout the state with 3D printers have offered to help.

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  • Not going coronavirus outbreak alone: Some find quarantine buddies to lessen isolation

    April 01, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    To better manage the isolation of being quarantined during the coronavirus, people living in the same communities in neighborhoods of Los Angeles are making "quarantine buddies." Although this method of forming small groups to create impromptu families does still impose limitations, it is being called a coping mechanism and alleviates the psychological need for human contact.

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  • Zimbabwe's universities are manufacturing masks, gloves and hand sanitizers to beat coronavirus

    April 01, 2020 |

    Quartz Africa |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe

    To combat the shortage of personal protective equipment amid the coronavirus pandemic, the government in Zimbabwe is asking universities "with engineering and technology capacity," to help with production. The universities are able to make up to 2,000 protective masks per day as well as manufacture hand sanitizer that meet the standards set forth by the World Health Organization.

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  • Reporting for duty: Airline crew sign up to help hospitals

    April 01, 2020 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

    Many flight attendants for Scandinavian Airlines have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic but are now being given the opportunity to retrain as healthcare providers. The laid-off crew members already have emergency medical training and are "trained in how to handle difficult interpersonal situation," which makes the move to nursing homes and hospitals an almost natural transition.

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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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  • Mt. Sinai Health launches coronavirus app to track outbreak across the New York City

    April 01, 2020 |

    CNBC |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    To better trace the spread of coronavirus, Singapore and China have been using apps that collect data about citizens' whereabouts and let people know if they've potentially been in contact with someone who has been diagnosed with the virus. Now, similar apps are being piloted in New York and Massachusettes in an attempt to better "understand more about the clinical course of the disease."

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