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

    April 01, 2020 |

    Associated Press |

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    Under 800 Words

    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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  • Honoring loved lost ones through Zoom during COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing orders

    April 01, 2020 |

    KCRW |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    As social distancing is preventing community members to pay proper respects to those who passed, people are inventing new ways to connect with one another and celebrate both life and death. This piece features examples of such. One example is a family marking the passing of a matriarch by sending a mass email asking people to raise a glass in her memory. Another is a public online Seder hosted over Zoom.

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  • Des plates-formes assurent le suivi des malades infectés par le coronavirus à domicile

    April 01, 2020 |

    Le Monde |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: France, Paris

    En France, la plate-forme Covidom, comme l’application Covid AP-HM, permettent un suivi quotidien et automatisé des malades atteints du coronavirus mais ne nécessitant pas d’hospitalisation.

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  • Oregon Launches Neighborhood Support For Foster Families Stuck At Home

    April 01, 2020 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Foster families in Oregon are facing unique challenges during the stay at home order of COVID-19, so a new program called My Neighbor aims to alleviate some of their burdens by utilizing their local networks. The Department of Human Services partnered with nonprofit Every Child to create a program that connects Oregonians willing to help out in any way they can to foster families who are looking for support for things like getting groceries or cleaning supplies. They have already received requests from 260 families and foster children and filled 189 of them.

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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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    800-1500 Words

    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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    Under 800 Words

    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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  • How Taiwan has become a COVID-19 success story

    April 01, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Taiwan

    Taiwan was expected to be inundated with COVID-19 cases, but that never happened at least in part due to the swift and aggressive actions enacted by the government. Integral to the approach was enhanced transparency from the government, which included text messages to those who were quarantined, as well as using lessons learned from the SARS outbreak.

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  • Meet the young lawmakers crossing party lines for a green future

    April 01, 2020 |

    Grist |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Iowa

    As the youngest state legislators in Iowa, Zach Wahls, a Democrat, and Joe Mitchell, a Republican, are working across party lines to find solutions to climate change. While there has been pushback about their bipartisan work, the duo is bridging the political divide and engaging in dialogue to find common ground on several environmental initiatives like renewable energy.

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  • A Simple Mask

    April 01, 2020 |

    Respekt |

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    800-1500 Words

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

    April 01, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    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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