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  • Stories of caremongering during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Megan Albu

    March 15, 2020 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Canada

    All across Canada, people are organizing and volunteering en masse to help their neighbors in need. Groups of people and single volunteers alive have been delivering groceries, donating food and money, and running other errands for vulnerable populations.

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  • The Surprising Way Durham Distillery is Helping Fight Coronavirus

    Caroline Sanders

    March 13, 2020 |

    Garden & Gun |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    As restaurants look at a myriad of ways to enhance the cleanliness of their businesses in light of the coronavirus pandemic, a distillery in North Carolina chose to shift their focus from gin-making to making and distributing hand sanitizer. The owners of the distillery are also training neighboring businesses "how to use the solution responsibly," and then donating bottles of the sanitizer after they complete the session.

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  • NC community centers prepare for COVID-19

    Liora Engel-Smith

    March 09, 2020 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    Amidst the coronavirus outbreak, North Carolina's health centers are relying on old methods to reach and educate uninsured and medically vulnerable patients, many of whom don't have access to the internet. Staff are posting fliers in commonly-trafficked locations, hanging signs at health centers, taking out television ads, and asking community leaders to relay hygiene guidelines by word of mouth.

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  • Giving the Gift of Mobility in a City Locked Down by Coronavirus

    Amy Qin

    February 04, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: China, Wuhan

    Thousands of people in Wuhan, China are volunteering to buy groceries, get medicine, and take community members to the hospital as a means to help those that need it during the coronavirus outbreak. Although the volunteers do not knowingly transport anyone diagnosed with coronavirus, the drivers wear protective clothing during their drives, which are organized by local neighborhood committees.

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