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South Africa flattens its coronavirus curve—and considers how to ease restrictions

Linda Nordling

April 15, 2020 |

Science Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: South Africa

Like countries around the world, South Africa imposed strict social distancing measures to slow the spread of COVID-19. After a few weeks, they’re seeing that slowdown happening and using it to build in additional safety measures, like screening for additional testing, building field hospitals, and sending community health care workers into smaller villages and towns.

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Where Thousands of Masks a Day Are Decontaminated to Battle the Virus

Tiffany Hsu

April 11, 2020 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

Battelle labs in rural Ohio is decontaminating n95 masks for health care workers as personal protective equipment remains in short supply amidst COVID-19. Granted emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, the lab runs a separate tent station for their decontamination efforts, which follow tight structures and protocol.

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With Nothing To 'Fall Back On,' Santa Monica College Food Giveaway Helps Some Students Survive

Adolfo Guzman-Lopez

April 03, 2020 |

LAist |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Santa Monica, California

In the midst of the COVID19 pandemic, California community college, Santa Monica College, organized a pop-up, drive-thru food giveaway for its students. The resources were funded with help from the Santa Monica College Foundation, and each student received non-perishables, ready-to-eat meals, and bakery items.

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First to Feel COVID-19's Impact, Chinatown is First to Deliver Aid for Small Business

Oscar Perry Abello

April 02, 2020 |

Next City |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Renaissance Economic Development Corporation, a nonprofit loan fund in New York City, has helped Chinatown small businesses recover through 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy, and COVID-19 is the newest crisis it needs to navigate. It has been able to rely on its larger than standard loan loss reserve to have room for emergency loans to provide swift and integral support to Chinatown businesses.

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Coronavirus: Groups reopen 805 Undocufund to help undocumented immigrants during pandemic

Erin Rode

March 31, 2020 |

Ventura County Star |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

The collaborators behind a relief fund that is normally used for natural disasters is pivoting its purpose to be redistributed to undocumented immigrants who have been financially impacted by the coronavirus. Although the application is not yet live and will not solve systemic problems such as barriers to receiving unemployment insurance, the program has in the past proven helpful to thousands of families by providing short-term financial stability.

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Why Is Germany's Coronavirus Death Rate So Low?

Billy Perrigo

March 30, 2020 |

Time Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Germany

In the midst of the COVID19 outbreak, Germany has maintained one of the lowest rates of death at just 0.9%. While also one of the countries worst affected by it, both of those numbers are because of its widespread testing. The more people being tested, the more they’ve identified milder cases, which has effectively lowered the rate of fatality.

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Technology To Clean And Reuse PPE Is Being Deployed To Hotspot Hospitals

Paige Pfleger

March 30, 2020 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

As the fight against COVID-19 continues, Ohio-based Battelle labs has created the Critical Care Decontamination System that can clean as many as 80,000 of personal protective equipment at once. The system, which was fast-tracked by the FDA for approval, is modular and scalable, so it can be shipped to locations around the country.

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Coronavirus Slowdown in Seattle Suggests Restrictions Are Working

Mike Baker

March 29, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

After learning of the first cases of coronavirus that weren't contracted by direct exposure or from foreign travel, officials in Washington took quick and strict measures to start introducing social distancing, which may have helped slow the transmission. Although the hospitals are low on supplies, they have not yet been "overrun," indicating that modeling and widespread testing, along with limiting human-to-human interactions and gatherings, were all beneficial parts of the strategy to slow the spread.

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What South Korea can teach Ireland about Covid-19 fight

Justin McCarthy

March 29, 2020 |

Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Korea

Countries such as Ireland are looking to South Korea for lessons about best practices in containing the coronavirus outbreak. Much of South Korea's success, shaped by lessons learned from battling the MERS outbreak in 2003, comes from implementing the national infectious diseases control act that "allows for the government to track people, and for the tracking information to be posted online."

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COVID-19: Germany sees low fatalities despite high infection rate

Dominic Kane

March 28, 2020 |

Al Jazeera |

Broadcast TV Programs |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Germany, Berlin

Although Germany has a high amount of coronavirus cases, their death toll is less than comparable countries which can be attributed to widespread testing and a prepared health care system. The hospitals have been able to avoid a "mass influx of patients at the same time," due to a large number of dedicated intensive care units and repurposing military facilities to increase capacity.

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