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This is how South Korea flattened its coronavirus curve

Grace Moon

March 24, 2020 |

NBC News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

Although the future is unknown, for the time being, South Korea has largely contained the coronavirus pandemic by enacting a comprehensive response. Acting swiftly and aggressively, the country moved to initiate widespread testing, tracing and mapping of potential carriers, and a public information campaign to slow the spread.

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‘There's sunshine again': Thousands of meals delivered daily to Anchorage students as coronavirus closes classrooms

Tegan Hanlon

March 24, 2020 |

Alaska Public Media |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

In Alaska, the Anchorage School District’s mobile food delivery service is delivering thousands of meals every day to Anchorage students. By repurposing school buses, school district leaders are packing sack lunches, school nurses, and educators on board to help with the deliveries.

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A Street Medicine Expert on Keeping Homeless People Safe From COVID-19

Jake Bullinger

March 24, 2020 |

Bitterroot |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Street medicine is used across the United States to bring health care access to those experiencing homelessness, but this model of care has had to adapt to better address living in times of coronavirus. For the Street Medicine program at the University of Southern California, this means prioritizing disaster preparedness, crisis mitigation, and containment instead of trust-building outreach, while also limiting the size of medical teams that come in contact with patients.

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Coronavirus Has Hospitals in Desperate Need of Equipment. These Innovators Are Racing to Help.

Haley Willis Robin Stein Natalie Reneau Drew Jordan

March 24, 2020 |

The New York Times |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

As personal protective equipment becomes increasingly hard to find, university labs, engineers, and individuals are taking part in a crowdsourced effort to create alternatives. Although their 3D designs and repurposed shields don't take the place of PPE, they do act as safe back-ups for frontline workers facing a shortage.

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LI senior facilities find unique ways to cope with coronavirus

Zachary R. Dowdy

March 24, 2020 |

News Day |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Westbury, New York

At nursing homes in the Long Island area, facilities and their staff have stepped up to ensure residents can use technology to stay connected. They have facilitated performances over Zoom, local school-children send videos to say hello, and lectures and games have been made available online, as well.

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'It's a community effort': Wiltshire villagers unite against coronavirus isolation

Steven Morris

March 24, 2020 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: England, Chilmark, Wiltshire

Wiltshire villagers are coordinating to each volunteer their specific skill set to help people during the quarantine. A parish councilor divided the village into 18 parts and designated 33 volunteers to each region to stay in close touch with those who are self-isolating and who need support. Volunteers from a range of ages and careers have come forward to contribute a range of services, including finding tactics to combat boredom during social isolation— kettlebell workouts over a video call.

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You Can Learn Something From The People Of Wuhan

Tricia Wang

March 24, 2020 |

Buzzfeed |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: China, Wuhan

While the media mostly highlights the top-down, government-led measures of containment happening in Wuhan, China, an invisible, sophisticated grassroots network has also had a powerful positive effect on stemming the tide of infection. Using social media and apps like WeChat, neighbors helped each other find food and medicine, support the sick among them, and simply survive.

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Europe eyes smartphone location data to stem virus spread

Frank Bajak

March 24, 2020 |

CityNews |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Some of the governments that have had the most success in getting a handle on the spread of the coronavirus have used individual location data to conduct contact tracing and track the spread of the virus. However, some in Europe and the United States worry these tools violate privacy rights, even in the midst of a public health crisis.

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How schools went virtual — in just 72 hours

Keith Hammonds

March 24, 2020 |

The Boulder Monitor |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boulder, Montana

In just a few days, Montana’s Jefferson County school district had to adapt to remote teaching in an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus, with the governor leaving it up to schools and teachers to figure out how. From using Zoom to teleconference with students, to calling parents regularly, to figuring out if and how to use computers at all, teachers and administrators are learning how to provide structure and learning to kids from afar.

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Voting by Mail Would Reduce Coronavirus Transmission but It Has Other Risks

Jessica Huseman

March 24, 2020 |

ProPublica |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

As the COVID19 pandemic continues, officials are looking ahead to the United States’ presidential election in November and considering mail-in ballots. While it is a limited-contact way of voting, it presents massive challenges in terms of scaling. Things like infrastructure, cost, and voter privacy and fraud have to be considered, which is why states are turning to those who have had some success already, like Minnesota and Montana, to learn from.

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