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How New Mexico Is Beating the Virus

Richard Parker

May 01, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

As New Mexico's former state health secretary, Governor Lujan Grisham did not waste any time implementing aggressive and restrictive measures in the state to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Acutely aware that the virus would impact rural areas where there was less access to healthcare, she worked with local hospitals – who were also collaborating on solutions – to quickly open drive through testing across the state and harnessed "the scientific power of two national nuclear laboratories to process still more coronavirus tests."

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Greece Has ‘Defied the Odds' in the Pandemic

Iliana Magra

April 28, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Greece, Thessaloniki

Because of early and quick actions by the government – and a compliant populace – Greece has seen under 200 COVID-19 deaths, relatively low compared to its European counterparts. The country was quick to cancel large gatherings, enforce mandatory quarantines after travel, increase its healthcare infrastructure, and impose a strict shelter-in-place order. While these measures have seemingly had an impact, limitations like lack of testing and outbreaks in refugee camps are making some question those results.

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Senegal trials begin for $1 COVID-19 test kit

Nicolas Haque

April 28, 2020 |

Al Jazeera |

Video |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: Senegal, Dakar

Senegal has largely been able to keep the coronavirus outbreak at manageable levels thanks to early detection strategies and the reliance on local research. Crediting lessons learned from past communicable disease outbreaks, the country was quick to implement restrictions and health protocols and is now working on developing a faster test.

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Rhode Island Pushes Aggressive Testing, a Move That Could Ease Reopening

Michael Powell

April 28, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Rhode Island is one of the few states in America that has worked to establish widespread testing for the coronavirus. Although gaining tests has been a challenge, local officials have concentrated efforts on eliminating barriers for people that require a test. This has included placing testing sites in the middle of "dense, working-class cities," making testing free with a referral and encouraging preemptive contact tracing through journal writing.

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$1 testing kits: Senegal's approach to coronavirus

Malika Bilal

April 27, 2020 |

Al Jazeera |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Senegal, Dakar

As the COVID-19 pandemic picked up across the world, Senegal, taking lessons from its experiences with Ebola, acted quickly. Measures like hard travel restrictions and lockdowns, daily information briefings and broadcasts, subsidizing hotels for isolations and quarantine, fever checks at most public locations, and cheap and accessible testing. Key to all of this has been the localized context – understanding what will work best for Senegal citizens, especially those in remote areas.

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Testing for the coronavirus in Vermont: What's next?

Katie Jickling Elizabeth Gribkoff

April 26, 2020 |

VT Digger |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

The local government in Vermont has relied on collective efforts from citizens, medical professionals, and state police to implement a strategy to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Faced with a testing shortage from the onset, officials instead turned to a "mitigation approach," which included repurposing a university lab to conduct Covid-19 tests while also enlisting police to transport the Covid-19 collection samples from the medical facilities to the lab.

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Vanquish the Virus? Australia and New Zealand Aim to Show the Way

Damien Cave

April 24, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Australia, Sydney

With the goal of containing the spread of Covid-19, the national governments in Australia and New Zealand took an approach that was predicated on letting public health experts take the lead. Although this approach – which led to early and aggressive restrictions of movement – was not met favorably by all at first, it has proved successful so far, leading both countries to reset the goal to eliminating the virus rather than just containing it.

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Utah And New Mexico Lead The Region In COVID-19 Testing. Here's How They've Done It

Rae Ellen Bichell

April 24, 2020 |

KUNR |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Mexico

Deploying a state-wide COVID-19 testing strategy requires coordinating both public and private-industry stakeholders. In Utah and New Mexico, the appointment of “testing czars,” or public health leaders in charge of coordinating testing, has led to targeted, successful strategies to ramp up testing. These “testing czars” work to coordinate with commercial and public labs to find supplies and address bottlenecks. Suppliers work to connect via conference call to discuss logistics, allowing for successful scaling in both rural and urban testing strategies.

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Why South Korea's coronavirus death toll is comparatively low

Nemo Kim Maheen Sadiq Marina Costa Nikhita Chulani

April 23, 2020 |

The Guardian |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: South Korea

South Korea took early and aggressive measures to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic, and the country has now been able to successfully declare that they've flattened the curve of reported cases. The combined strategy of widespread testing, contact tracing, government transparency, community willingness to self-isolate, and an economy already built for the delivery of goods, helped the country avoid a national lockdown all while still containing the virus.

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Contact tracing for COVID-19 starts on a small scale in Philly

Nina Feldman

April 23, 2020 |

WHYY |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In Philadelphia, volunteers with the University of Pennsylvania have launched a small-scale effort in contact tracing, a method in which disease detectives track and monitor the interactions and movements of known infected people. Both time- and labor-intensive, contact tracing is most effective on the front end of an outbreak, when there are fewer cases. The university has trained a few dozen volunteers, though limited access to testing and violations of privacy remain concerns.

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