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Traveling Nurses, Doctors Fill Gaps In Rural Coverage Ahead Of COVID-19

Kirk Siegler

March 23, 2020 |

NPR |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Barstow, California

Traveling clinicians are being assigned to rural regions of the U.S. to play a part in helping small, understaffed hospitals respond to the coronavirus outbreak. To make this process easier and more efficient and offer the flexibility that most rural hospitals need, many states have eased licensing requirements "making it easier for travel nurses to move from state to state."

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How a 60,000-employee firm survived China's COVID-19 outbreak

Wilson Liévano Josh Coe

March 23, 2020 |

The GroundTruth Project |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: China, Hubei Province

Bosch China Investment Ltd. survived the worst of the Coronavirus pandemic by taking serious precautions early on. This article lays out the specific steps in the timeline of the pandemic that the company took to protect its employees. Tactics include the usual set of tools like social distancing, face masks, and emergency preparedness systems, but it was how they executed the process that made it a success.

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South Korea's Coronavirus Plan Is Working; Can the World Copy It?

William Gallo

March 23, 2020 |

Voice of America (VOA) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

In South Korea, some experts have credited detailed messaging and public information on infected individuals with flattening the curve and keeping the COVID-19 outbreak from spreading further around the country. To compile these alerts, the government uses in-person interviews and personal information such as bank records, phone GPS data, and surveillance footage, methods which some see as a privacy risk.

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How South Korea Flattened the Curve

Max Fisher Choe Sang-Hun

March 23, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: South Korea

China and South Korea were the first two countries to emerge as possible models for how to contain coronavirus. While critics have called China's tactics Draconian, they are praising South Korea for implementing "swift action, widespread testing, and contact tracing," and including their citizens in their approach.

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What Singapore can teach the U.S. about responding to Covid-19

Li Yang Hsu Min-Han Tan

March 23, 2020 |

STAT |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Singapore, Singapore

When Singapore detected its first cases of COVID-19 in early February, the country topped world lists in terms of confirmed infections. But unlike other countries, Singapore never experienced an exponential increase in cases, thanks to extensive governmental preparation, widespread testing and case reporting, mandatory social distancing, and strong public health communications.

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Cuyahoga County ‘disease detectives,' CWRU medical students track coronavirus in one of Ohio's hotspots

Rachel Dissell Ginger Christ

March 22, 2020 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Cuyahoga County enlists medical students and residents to help the overwhelmed city health staff tackle the coronavirus chaos. Among other administrative tasks, students interview patients who have tested positive for coronavirus, noting their symptoms and underlying health issues to provide data and patterns to county health officials.

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How South Korea Solved Its Acute Hospital-Bed Shortage

Dasl Yoon

March 22, 2020 |

Wall Street Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Korea, Daegu

In order to reduce the mortality rate from the coronavirus pandemic as much as possible, medical centers and the government in South Korea reserved beds only for the most ill, while others were quarantined in supervised dorms. To dictate where and how someone would be treated, they were assigned into a category of asymptomatic, mild, severe, or critical, which helped prioritize those that actually needed hospitalization.

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Phone booths, parades, and 10-minute test kits: How countries worldwide are fighting Covid-19

Allegra Frank Constance Grady

March 22, 2020 |

Vox |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Singapore

Countries around the world have used different strategies to try to contain the coronavirus but some tactics are being lauded over others. Singapore, South Korea, and Senegal are a few of the countries that rapidly implemented strategies such as readily available and fast-acting testing as well as temperature check points at airports, schools and restaurants.

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Singapore's coronavirus playbook: How it fought back against the COVID-19 pandemic

Sareena Dayaram

March 22, 2020 |

CNET |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Singapore, Singapore

Initially, Singapore was one of the most impacted country by the spread of the coronavirus; however, with strict policy and early isolation, the city-state has managed to maintain a low infection rate. Early on in the outbreak, Singaporean officials designated "contact tracers" to diligently trace paths of infection, enabling tracers to pick out people who have been in contact with those affected and quickly isolate them.

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What can the West learn from Asia's coronavirus fight?

Helier Cheung

March 21, 2020 |

BBC |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Singapore

As the West continues to battle the spread of coronavirus, countries like Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan offer lessons in what's working to flatten the curve. Although some measures such as early intervention and social distancing are more difficult to implement after the spread has begun, other tactics such as contact tracing and clear communication also have proven impactful.

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