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  • For the rural elderly, it can take a village

    March 19, 2020 |

    The Boulder Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalispell, Montana

    Rural communities throughout the United States are experimenting with a Boston-based senior-assistance program that implements a shared-services approach to senior care. Although barriers to creating connectivity in isolated rural regions can be more challenging than in more urbanized cities, rural areas in Colorado and Montana are finding ways to make it work.

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  • Nextdoor adds Help Maps and Groups to connect neighbors during the coronavirus outbreak

    March 19, 2020 |

    TechCrunch |

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    Response Location: United States

    Nextdoor, an app that connects neighbors, is helping to coordinate local responses to the coronavirus pandemic. Using newly designed features, users can offer and request help based on location and share information about topics of interest such as child care.

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  • South Korea's ‘phone booth' coronavirus tests

    March 19, 2020 |

    South China Morning Post |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    To prevent the transmission of coronavirus to medical professionals and other patients, a hospital in Seoul has started using a make-shift phone booth approach to administering tests. Within seven minutes, doctors are able to communicate with the patient, conduct the test from within an air-tight booth, and then disinfect the booth, all of which have significantly improved the hospital's efficiency of administering the test.

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  • Inside the South Korean Labs Churning Out Coronavirus Tests

    March 19, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    After witnessing chaos during the MERS outbreak, South Korea immediately began implementing measures to avoid disaster should another public health crisis occur. Now, as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts much of the world, the country has been able to successfully deploy their new and improved emergency response system – which includes letting hospitals and medical professionals play a larger role – and their accelerated approval system, allowing tests to be created at a more efficient pace.

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  • Is Taiwan's impressive response to COVID-19 possible in Canada?

    March 19, 2020 |

    CBC |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Although Taiwan and Canada saw the beginning of coronavirus outbreaks within days of each other, Taiwan has been able to better contain the spread. Using tactics such as integrating "its health insurance database with its immigration database" and using the military to help produce protective masks for medical workers, the Taiwanese government's aggressive approach offers lessons in how to use big data and regulations to stem the spread of infectious diseases.

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  • How China and South Korea's battle with coronavirus offers glimmer of hope

    March 19, 2020 |

    My London |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    While some places such as the United Kingdom and London struggle to slow the spread of coronavirus, other countries such as China, South Korea, and Taiwan, have managed to contain the virus through fast-acting government regulations. Although each country's strategy looks different – China enacted a strict lock-down, while South Korea implemented widespread testing – they all acted rapidly to intervene.

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  • Can Volunteer-Run Online Platforms to Support Neighbors In Need Meet Demand? Audio icon

    March 19, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    As social distancing becomes increasingly important as cities and states work to control the coronavirus outbreak, people in New York are finding creative ways to communicate in order to help one another. In New York City, community members are utilizing a website where volunteers are matched with their vulnerable neighbors' requests for errands, while in Brooklyn, community organizers are using a spreadsheet to connect and find support.

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  • 2 regions of Italy took different approaches to fighting the coronavirus. Their results show that widespread testing and early social distancing really work.

    March 19, 2020 |

    Business Insider |

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    Response Location: Italy, Veneto

    As the coronavirus outbreak swept Italy, two regions took two different approaches that now offer for a case study for social distancing and widespread testing. The region of Veneto, which implemented widespread testing and strict quarantine measures early on, "has seen a slower rate of increase in new cases and deaths," that the region of Lombardy which comparitively has seen their hospitals become overwhelmed.

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  • Vermont distilleries using alcohol to make hand sanitizer

    March 19, 2020 |

    VT Digger |

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    Response Location: United States, Warren, Vermont

    Distilleries and pharmacies in Vermont have begun making hand sanitizer, in order to help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Although this does take away from the typical function of the businesses and doesn't result in revenue, the state is helping to cover costs of production so that all bottles can be donated to emergency responders, grocery store workers, and other at-risk people.

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  • Farming Insects to Save Lemurs

    March 19, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Madagascar

    In Madagascar, insect researchers, regional conservationists, and humanitarian organizations have teamed up to promote the farming of crickets as a way to help preserve forests, save animals, and fight malnutrition. Although the pilot project is still fairly new, it has been well-received my communities and studies have already shown that consuming cricket powder has substantial benefits for children who are underweight.

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