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Courts Change Amid Coronavirus

Molly Martinez

March 20, 2020 |

Spectrum News 1 Ohio |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

In Ohio, courts have had to make major adjustments to stay safe from the COVID19 pandemic. These adjustments include being open for only essential purposes, using technology to reduce interpersonal interactions, and lowering bonds and using summons rather than arrests. The state also reallocated $4 million from the Supreme Court’s budget to help strengthen local courts’ ability to video conference.

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Understanding what works: How some countries are beating back the coronavirus

Helen Branswell

March 20, 2020 |

STAT |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Singapore

As countries continue to try to contain the coronavirus pandemic, "non-pharmaceutical initiatives" are showing promise as a means to slow the spread. Countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan – all of which enacted travel restrictions, quarantine methods, and social distancing protocols early – have been able to slow the rate of transmission to some degree.

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#BedStuyStrong - A New Kind Of Mutual Support Community

Rachel Lindy Baron

March 20, 2020 |

Bklynr |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

In the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, local residents have formed a mutual aid organization called #BedStuyStrong. The web application Slack serves as the organization's hub, offering a wide range of resources, including grocery requests, COVID-19 related news, and even easy to make recipes.

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Is Free Transit Safer? As Ridership Drops, Some Agencies Cut Fares.

David Zipper

March 19, 2020 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

Even as ridership plummets for public transit, some cities are making rides entirely free to keep riders and drivers safer. The move to drop fares limits close interactions between drivers and passengers, as well as between passengers themselves. Free transit also frees up funds for working people struggling during the pandemic.

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Akron Children's Prepared to Help Adult Colleagues

Rachele Mongiovi

March 19, 2020 |

Spectrum News 1 Ohio |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

Akron’s Children’s Hospital has developed an emergency protocol should the COVID19 pandemic reach them. Acting preemptively, they have limited visitors, removed all volunteers over age 60, and have nearly 700 employees working remotely. Feeling prepared, they’re working to help prepare hospitals that serve adult populations as well.

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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.

Holly Secon

March 19, 2020 |

Business Insider |

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800-1500 Words

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

Ian Molyneaux

March 19, 2020 |

My London |

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Under 800 Words

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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Grocery stores across U.S. reserve shopping hours for senior citizens during coronavirus outbreak

Caitlin O'Kane

March 18, 2020 |

CBS News |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States

As the coronavirus spreads across the United States, some grocery stores are designating specific shopping hours for older and immunocompromised residents. This allows shoppers to stock up in a less crowded environment and reduces the risk that hey will get infected.

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A Pandemic And A Parade: What 1918 tells us about flattening the curve

Zach Toombs

March 18, 2020 |

Newsy |

Documentary |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

Enacting social distancing and mass closures of schools, businesses, and other industries during the times of virus outbreaks has been shown to slow the waves of infection, as first witnessed during the era of the Spanish Flu when one American city acted proactively while another did not. In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, areas that began social distancing practices sooner are already reporting a flattened curve of cases, which helps hospitals avoid overcrowding.

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How the U.S. can defeat coronavirus: Heed Asia's lessons from past epidemics

Simon Denyer Shibani Mahtani

March 18, 2020 |

The Washington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: South Korea

As much of Europe and the United States are still in the early stages of trying to contain the coronavirus, countries in Asia offer several lessons in mitigation strategies. Rapid government intervention and regulation helped to slow the spread in Taiwan while in South Korea, increased transparency and mass testing – made possible because the country opened the process to the private sector – have shown to have helped flatten the curve of transmission.

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