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  • How South Korea Successfully Managed Coronavirus

    September 25, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    Despite never mandating a lockdown, South Korea has been able to better control the spread of COVID-19 as compared to other countries of similar economic and development status. Focusing on information management and testing, as well as the use of technology to aid both of these tactics, the country has kept the case count to fewer than 80 cases per day. According to the chairman of the World Health Organization’s global outbreak alert and response network, “No country has adapted to living with, and containing, the virus like South Korea."

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  • How Finland kept Covid in check

    September 23, 2020 |

    Financial Times |

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    Response Location: Finland

    Finland has been able to keep their COVID-19 infection rate and death toll much lower than other countries by "shutting down rapidly" and relying on a law on preparedness that was devised after the Winter War in 1939-40. The law, which "explicitly mentions pandemics," helped the country to stockpile medical and protective equipment. According to Sweden's state epidemiologist, “Their level of preparedness is just way beyond anything we would even dream about in Sweden."

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  • Health Board: Can't we all just get along?

    September 15, 2020 |

    The Boulder Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Teton County, Montana

    When the coronavirus pandemic complicated matters for local government, the Teton County public health office devised a process to enact state mandate that was effective, transparent, and led to rational decision-making. Although discord continued to a degree, the model is still providing guidance to Jefferson County as officials determine "how to best serve the public health interests of its residents."

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  • How One Pacific Islander Community Is Responding To The Pandemic

    September 11, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Pacific Islander communities in Hawaii have formed their own Covid-19 task forces to stop the virus’ spread, rather than wait for the government to respond. Despite a lack of resources, the task forces conduct community outreach providing protective gear and food and have partnered with community groups, recognizing the role of active community engagement and participation to achieve success. The task forces use a model that recognizes the significance of cultural nuances and language challenges, which has added to its success in keeping the infection rate among Pacific Islander communities relatively low.

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  • When contact tracing works, families, friends and co-workers avoid infection

    September 11, 2020 |

    WCNC-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Health officials in North Carolina have shown that contact tracing can successfully identify those who have been exposed to COVID-19. The efforts of the contact tracers in one county resulted in 35 people being quarantined after an exposure to the virus during a child's birthday party, however that was only possible because of those individuals "were willing to be open and honest and forthcoming."

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  • Minnesota COVID-19 outreach focuses on vulnerable communities of color

    September 02, 2020 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    To extend aid to the Minnesotans most vulnerable to the coronavirus, state and local health departments, backed by $4 million in state funding and by community groups' on-the-ground help, conducted an extensive campaign of culturally appropriate outreach to offer free COVID-19 tests and healthcare advice. The efforts have included one-on-one contacts, email blasts to free-school-lunch recipients, and TV and radio ads on media targeting Black, Latinx, immigrant, and refugee populations. Immigrant communities and people of color have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic.

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  • How New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo failed, then succeeded, on Covid-19

    September 02, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Although public health experts agree that New York was initially slow to implement protocols to protect citizens from COVID-19, they also agree that the state was able to gain control over the virus due to the actions the governor and the public eventually took. Protocols that have proved successful for the state include a mask mandate, a stay-at-home order and a delay in reopeneing businesses despite a decrease in cases.

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  • How Many Coronavirus Cases Are Happening In Schools? This Tracker Keeps Count

    August 28, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas

    The National Education Association has launched a school-focused COVID-19 case tracker in the U.S., all thank to the efforts of a Kansas theater teacher. Alisha Morris started with an excel sheet and took to online searches to start logging the number of positive cases, first around her state, and later was tracking 48 U.S. states. By the time she handed off the data to the NEA, Morris, along with various volunteers "had logged over nearly 4,300 cases at more than 1,000 schools."

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  • Toward a Cure: Cities Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis

    August 26, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Milwaukee was one of the first U.S. cities to show that communities of color were disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic because of a framework that had been established and implemented after the city and county declared racism a public health crisis. The resolution allowed for city officials to track data that framed "disparities in health outcomes through a racial lens." Now, 70 other jurisdictions have made similar declarations and additional efforts are underway to address a range of health issues tied to racial trends.

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  • Many COVID Test-Seekers Lost in Translation at City-Run Testing Sites, Say Staff

    August 24, 2020 |

    The City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In the run-up to the start of the 2020-21 school year, New York City Health + Hospitals ran COVID testing sites that each were supposed to provide telephone links to language interpreters in more than 200 languages. More than 40% of all NYC school students live in homes where English is not the primary language. In many cases, the test site staffs could not make use of the translation service, either because the phones were inaccessible or the service took too long to gain access to.

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