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  • Local fundraisers provide meals to health care workers during pandemic

    April 08, 2020 |

    The Daily Tar Heel |

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    Response Location: United States, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    Community members in North Carolina are crowdfunding campaigns to help provide meals to healthcare workers who are on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Working with the hospital, the campaign organizers make sure to deliver enough meals for the number of staff working each day, while also rotating units "to reach as many people as possible."

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  • Los Angeles Launches Massive Effort to Get Homeless Into Hotels

    April 08, 2020 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In response to the social distancing required to stop the spread of the coronavirus, Los Angeles is offering hotel rooms to 15,000 people facing homelessness. The city's fast actions, intended to protect older individuals and those with underlying conditions, are being largely covered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is paying for 75% of the cost of leasing the hotels.

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  • Knox County ahead of the curve on manufacturing-healthcare alliance to fight COVID-19

    April 08, 2020 |

    Knox Pages |

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    Response Location: United States, Mount Vernon, Ohio

    Early and rapid collaboration to create new supply chains improves emergency response times. In Knox County, Ohio, manufacturers began working with the Knox Community Hospital to mobilize 3-D printers and offer a short-term solution to the availability of masks, gloves, and other protective equipment. If the surge in demand for devices continues, companies may also scale up injection mold production.

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  • How These Boyle Heights Bartenders Made Sure L.A.'s Undocumented Back-Of-House Workers Didn't Go Hungry During the Pandemic

    April 08, 2020 |

    L.A. TACO |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    After realizing that there was virtually no support systems out there for the black, brown, and potentially undocumented workers in the service—specifically bar—industry, a group of three friends formed a grassroots group called, "No Us Without You." They support undocumented back-of-house workers in the bar industry in L.A. by providing food relief kits. The group has had to build trust with the undocumented workers so that they would accept help in the first place, but they communicate with families in Spanish and reassure them that, "'This is not a handout. You deserve to eat during these times, too.'”

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  • Coronavirus : aux Pays-Bas, le gouvernement mise sur le « confinement intelligent »

    April 08, 2020 |

    Reporterre |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    Le Pays Bas, qui possède l'un des meilleurs systèmes de santé d'Europe, a décidé de se tester l'immunité collective de sa population face au coronavirus. Cette politique gouvernementale est fondée sur le respect de la vie privée, permettant aux individus de faire leur propre choix pour limiter la contagion. Des mesures sont en place pour protéger les populations vulnérables.

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  • Ashland residents are using 3D printers to manufacture face shields

    April 07, 2020 |

    Ashland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    In Ashland County, Ohio, approximately 20 owners of 3-D printers are manufacturing face shields for employees at area nursing homes and hospitals, and plan to shift production for retail and restaurant workers too. The 3-D printer owners coordinate their response through the Ashland County Open Source COVID-19 Medical Supplies Facebook Group.

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  • New Zealand isn't just flattening the curve. It's squashing it.

    April 07, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    New Zealand has managed to not just flatten the curve, but has shown signs of eliminating the coronavirus thanks to rapid interventions taken by the government. Heeding the outcomes in the U.S. and Italy, the country used a comprehensive and aggressive approach which included shutting their borders down to tourists, mandating a 4-week lockdown, and announcing a coronavirus response alert plan.

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  • New technology allows decontamination of N95 masks

    April 07, 2020 |

    KING-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tacoma, Washington

    A hospital in Washington has become the third hospital in the United States to install a new technology that allows for decontamination of N95 masks. This technology, which will help decontaminate up to 80,000 masks per day, is crucial for keeping frontline workers safe during the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • ‘Dial-A-Priest': Episcopal Clergy Offering Final Prayers Remotely

    April 07, 2020 |

    WRC-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Alexandria, Virginia

    Connecting to a priest—by video or telephone—can offer relief to those dying alone. The Virginia Theological Seminary and General Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, recently launched Dial-A-Priest, a service that allows patients to pray with Episcopal priests. The hotline connects callers to a network of priests on duty to offer final prayer services, 24-hours a day.

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  • Strategies by Asian Nations to Stop COVID-19

    April 07, 2020 |

    La Noticia |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    Several Asian nations have successfully slowed the spread of coronavirus and may now offer lessons for the U.S. and Europe. Although each took its own approach, commonalities included governmental oversight, early intervention in public policies and business, widespread testing, and information management.

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