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  • Israeli Phone Apps Aim to Track Coronavirus, Guard Privacy

    April 20, 2020 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: Israel, Jerusalem

    The use of mobile phone technology can aid in contact tracing and the collection of public health data. In Israel, the government’s use of GPS phone locations to trace cases of COVID-19 raised scrutiny regarding privacy and accountability. Instead, a newer, open-source app called Hamagen invites users to download and voluntarily participate in contact tracing. Other measures put in place to safeguard personal privacy concerns include parliamentary oversight of governmental tracing programs.

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  • How Korea's galleries evaded a coronavirus standstill

    April 20, 2020 |

    The Art Newspaper |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    South Korea's successful response to the pandemic goes beyond containing the virus; it has also supported its art scene at a time when the arts seem to be on the backburner. Commerical galleries have been allowed to remain open with the enforcement of social distancing, hygiene, and sharing of personal information for the sake of contact tracing. While art markets around the world grind to a halt, South Korean galleries have had a steady pace of sales and are quickly returning to their pre-pandemic numbers. The government is also providing a variety of relief funds for art curators, artists, and galleries.

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  • Zéro mort au Viêt Nam du Covid-19: pourquoi?

    April 20, 2020 |

    France Inter |

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    Response Location: Vietnam

    Dès le début de l'épidémie, le Vietnam annonce des mesures strictes pour contenir le coronavirus. Au delà de la fermeture des frontières et des écoles, le gouvernment met en place une stratégie de ciblage. Les personnes infectées sont isolées ainsi que les personnes avec qui elles sont entrées en contact. Le système de santé n'est pas débordé et le nombre de cas reste bas.

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  • 27,525 pounds of carrots a day: How L.A. schools are feeding the masses

    April 19, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Los Angeles Unified School District has become a major food distribution center for anyone who needs it during the pandemic. The nation's second-largest school district has served almost 10 million meals in the wake of increasing food insecurity coupled with an overburdened food bank system. The district's grab-and-go center must contend with the large financial cost but hopes the federal government does not penalize it later for using money from the federal school-lunch program, meant solely for students.

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  • California lessons from the 1918 pandemic: San Francisco dithered; Los Angeles acted and saved lives

    April 19, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Two of California’s major cities – Los Angeles and San Francisco – are learning from their history with the Spanish Influenza during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two cities had different approaches, with San Francisco strongly requiring masks, shutting down later, and opening up earlier and Los Angeles shutting down almost immediately and waiting an extra month to open up. Over one hundred years later, leaders are looking back to learn from mistakes to save lives.

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  • Low tech solutions for students without internet access at home

    April 19, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    As schools have gone online during the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers and administrators are finding low-tech ways to deliver educational lessons to the students without access to remote learning tools, such as basic internet. A few of the initial innovations include broadcasting lessons on TV, distributing printed packets, and curbside library book delivery.

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  • Long before coronavirus, Philly ran a quarantine center for another deadly contagion

    April 18, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    From 1802 until 1895, Philadelphia ran a quarantine center that required all in-bound ships to stop and all on-board to be quarantined until cleared of any possible infectious diseases. Although the center is no longer in use, it provides a unique history lesson for the current coronavirus pandemic of the success that can come by restricting movement to prevent further spread.

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  • As Many Americans Stay Home, Factory Workers Continue Production Around The Clock

    April 18, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Mehoopany, Pennsylvania

    As businesses around the United States look to reopen, they can take lessons from factories that have stayed open to serve us during the COVID-19 pandemic. At places like the Charmin factors or General Mills, they’ve implemented regulations like stretched out shift changes, compartmentalizing work areas and employees, temperature checks, and spacious seating in break rooms. While an adjustment to normal workflow, it’s worked well, with no confirmed cases coming from either place.

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  • It Was Meant To Be An App To Help Immigrants Lead A Normal Life In The US. Now It's Helping Them Survive The Coronavirus.

    April 18, 2020 |

    Buzzfeed |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    An app called Homeis was originally designed to be a social network for immigrant groups in the U.S., but during the coronavirus pandemic it has turned into a lifeline for many undocumented people whose fears of deportation are compounded by the virus. Community managers on the app (some paid, some volunteer) now field questions from hundreds of thousands of immigrants about getting tested, how much power ICE has in hospital settings, the risk of getting infected in detention, and other coronavirus questions. The app is now a source of advice, support, and community during the COVID-19 crisis.

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  • L.A. races to save 15,000 homeless people from coronavirus — one hotel room at a time

    April 18, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In Los Angeles, the city-led effort, Project Roomkey, is working to get 15,000 people experiencing homelessness into hotel rooms in the fight against COVID-19. Working with the LA Homeless Services Authority and state negotiators, partnerships with hotels are being developed and are already housing some of these individuals. While costing nearly $190 million, it is helping save lives and hopefully keeping hotels afloat.

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