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  • States swap COVID-19 test supplies to fight shortage

    March 30, 2020 |

    Inforum |

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    Response Location: United States, North Dakota

    Facing a supply shortage, North Dakota and South Dakota arranged a no-cost swap of needed COVID19 testing supplies. Both states are part of the Northern Plains Consortium, made up of five states’ public health lab workers in an ongoing effort to collaborate and learn from one another. And those relationships paid off when the Dakotas needed to cooperate to share supplies in order to test their residents.

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  • Mental health care in Colorado has gone virtual thanks to coronavirus. For some patients, it's long overdue.

    March 30, 2020 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    In Colorado, most mental health services have been moved online as a response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Called telemental health, the virtual sessions give those that regularly see a therapist, or need to because of increased anxiety during the pandemic, an option to from home. While this is being seen as a breakthrough in services, barriers like access to technology and the lack of interpersonal connection provides their own set of challenges.

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  • Locals 3-D print emergency personal protective equipment

    March 30, 2020 |

    Monadnock Ledger-Transcript |

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    Response Location: United States, Peterborough, New Hampshire

    In response to a request from a local hospital, a Peterborough resident began using his 3-D printer to print face masks and clear plastic face shields to help protect frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Although supplies are limited, some "makerspaces" are collaborating on the process and sharing materials and designs to keep operations running.

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  • Quilters sew hundreds of face mask covers for first responders

    March 30, 2020 |

    KIRO-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Olympia, Washington

    In Olympia, Washington, the local Washington Stars Quilt Guild is hard at work sewing protective face coverings and masks for first responders and frontline health workers in need. The face masks are intended to protect the exterior of the high demand N95 masks.

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  • Herzlich auf Distanz

    March 29, 2020 |

    Zeit Online |

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    Response Location: Germany, Hamburg

    In Hamburg möchten Tausende den Corona-Risikogruppen helfen. Doch es benötigt viel Koordination, um Hilfesuchende und Helfende zusammenzubringen. Und: klare Regeln.

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  • Lockdown living: how Europeans are avoiding going stir crazy

    March 28, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Italy

    As governments order lockdowns of cities and countries due to coronavirus concerns, many people are at risk for experiencing mental health issues such as loneliness and anxiety. To combat this, people are turning to telemedicine for counseling consultations and to keep in touch with loved ones, as well as activities such as exercise to improve moods.

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  • Retired nurses, health care providers volunteer to support front-line workers in NH, Vt.

    March 28, 2020 |

    Valley News |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlestown, New Hampshire

    After the New Hampshire Nurses Association sent out a survey to the state's retired nurses, hundreds of them volunteered to address the state's healthcare worker shortfall amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The reserves will address a growing need, as well as relieve the already overstretched frontline healthcare workers fighting the pandemic.

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  • Wie Schwangere während Corona im Netz Hilfe finden

    March 27, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Online-Sprechstunden, Facebookgruppen, Instagram-Tagebücher unterstützen unsichere schwangere Frauen in Zeiten, in denen der persönliche Ausstausch fehlt. Die Zahl der Follower: steigend.

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  • Chicago Distillers Build a Vigilante Hand Sanitizer Industry

    March 26, 2020 |

    Chicago Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Many Chicago distilleries are utilizing their abundance of high-proof alcohol to create hand sanitizer to fill a gap in the market due to the coronavirus pandemic. While a portion of the product is being donated to first responders and frontline workers, this new business endeavor is also helping distillery owners keep their employees on payroll and their businesses open.

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  • 위기 속 한국-베트남 우정, 서로 ‘윈윈'… 교민들은 협조ㆍ베트남은 배려

    March 26, 2020 |

    한국일보 |

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    Response Location: Vietnam, Hanoi

    한때 베트남에서는 코로나19 관련 조치들로 교민사회와 베트남 현지인들 간에 갈등 양상이 빚어졌습니다. 이를 해소하고자 하노이, 호찌민 등 교민사회를 중심으로 '선플' 운동, 현지 구호활동 등이 벌어졌고 베트남 정부 역시 한국인을 대상으로 별도숙소를 마련하고 특별 노동허가 발급을 추진하는 등 '윈윈'을 달성하기 위한 노력들이 결실을 맺었습니다.

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