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  • An impromptu drive-through at a Sikh temple to feed neighbors now helps thousands daily

    April 24, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Riverside, California

    The Sikh community in Riverside, California—starting with the United Sikh Mission and the Riverside Sikh Temple—has provided thousands of masks and more than 40,000 homemade hot meals to healthcare professionals and anyone who needs it. They also have sent more than 1,000 meals a day to nursing homes in nearby counties and deliver meals to four local hospitals. The efforts have received community funding, and they have no plans to stop anytime soon because, "there are no days off for hunger."

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  • As residents at Milwaukee County nursing homes contracted and died of coronavirus, administrators and local officials kept it to themselves

    April 24, 2020 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, West Allis, Wisconsin

    After the coronavirus outbreak devastated a nursing home in Wisconsin unbeknownst to the residents' family members and the public, advocates and lawmakers called for more transparency from the facility. The agency, joining other care facilities in the state and nation, is now reporting cases according to newly implemented protocols regarding transparency and timeliness, as a means of helping "family members and health care workers plan for their safety."

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

    April 24, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    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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  • During Ramadan in isolation, Muslims get creative to preserve community

    April 23, 2020 |

    Religion News Service |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    As the Ramadan season begins, Muslim communities around the world are making adjustments to how they observe it in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Minneapolis, the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood is broadcasting the call to prayer by speaker and in the U.K., the National Huffadh Association has created an online toolkit on how to pray at home. With connection and community a key part of Ramadan, a Reddit thread has started, connecting people for a Secret Santa-style Eid gift exchange, and a Minneapolis programmer has started an online service matching people in time zones to break fast together.

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  • How location data can help track and stop the spread of COVID-19

    April 23, 2020 |

    Business Insider |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Singapore

    When it comes to containing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many experts point to contact tracing, in which disease detectives track and monitor the interactions and movements of known infected people, as the key. From more manual, labor-intensive detective methods to high-tech app-based methods, contact tracing tactics can vary, but the basic concept remains the same. However, there is a trade off between safety and privacy.

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  • Snorkel Kits Help Doctors Get Through PPE Shortage

    April 23, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    In Boston, two anesthesiology residents teamed up with engineers at Google to turn a snorkel into a face mask to be used as a back-up form of personal protection equipment during the coronavirus pandemic. Although the design is still undergoing assessments for durability and reuse, more than 2,500 of these masks are already in circulation across the country.

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  • Bremer Firma entwickelt Gewebe, das Coronaviren abtötet

    April 23, 2020 |

    Weser-Kurier |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Germany

    Bis zu 72 Stunden kann sich das Coronavirus auf Oberflächen halten. Die Bremer Firma Statex hat ein Gewebe entwickelt, das die Viren innerhalb von Minuten abtötet. Der Erfolg liegt bei 99,98 Prozent, sagt eine Studie.

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  • To Combat Coronavirus, Scientists Are Also Breaking Down Barriers

    April 23, 2020 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States

    The research field has often been siloed, with each discipline focusing on its own lane, but in the wake of COVID0-19 the shift toward interdisciplinary research is happening – and proving necessary. Often incentivized by grant funding for siloed work, now, researchers are seeing urgent calls to work together against the pandemic. While there have been great strides made across disciplines in the past, the complex issues of our time – climate change, systemic racism, economic inequity – are causing a shift across fields.

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  • Cultivating communities of care

    April 23, 2020 |

    Boulder Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder County, Colorado

    A mutual aid group in Boulder Country has directed their efforts towards making sure people are accounted for and that they have the goods they need during the coronavirus pandemic. Although the effort is just one of many both in the county and nationwide, they've responded to 70 requests from community members so far. "Help is great if it comes from the government or if it comes from a state apparatus, that’s fine," explains one of the organizers. "But you don’t have to wait if you can get organized with people in your community."

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  • Test, trace, contain: how South Korea flattened its coronavirus curve

    April 23, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    With one of the lowest mortality rates in the world and a rapidly declining rate of new COVID-19 cases, South Korea has emerged as a world leader in containing the pandemic. Many credit widespread testing and contact tracing, or the tracking of infected people using their own descriptions of their movements as well as GPS phone tracking, surveillance camera records, and credit card transactions. Though it had a distinct advantage as one of the most connected countries in the world, South Korea's model is being replicated widely.

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