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  • Community aid groups set up across UK amid coronavirus crisis

    Robert Booth

    March 16, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    In the UK, mutual aid groups are popping up to deliver food and medical supplies to those who can't leave their homes as a result of the rapidly spreading COVID-19. Organizers are keeping the efforts local to limit the possibility of transmission through these activities.

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  • Stories of caremongering during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Megan Albu

    March 15, 2020 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Canada

    All across Canada, people are organizing and volunteering en masse to help their neighbors in need. Groups of people and single volunteers alive have been delivering groceries, donating food and money, and running other errands for vulnerable populations.

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  • The Surprising Way Durham Distillery is Helping Fight Coronavirus

    Caroline Sanders

    March 13, 2020 |

    Garden & Gun |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    As restaurants look at a myriad of ways to enhance the cleanliness of their businesses in light of the coronavirus pandemic, a distillery in North Carolina chose to shift their focus from gin-making to making and distributing hand sanitizer. The owners of the distillery are also training neighboring businesses "how to use the solution responsibly," and then donating bottles of the sanitizer after they complete the session.

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  • NC community centers prepare for COVID-19

    Liora Engel-Smith

    March 09, 2020 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    Amidst the coronavirus outbreak, North Carolina's health centers are relying on old methods to reach and educate uninsured and medically vulnerable patients, many of whom don't have access to the internet. Staff are posting fliers in commonly-trafficked locations, hanging signs at health centers, taking out television ads, and asking community leaders to relay hygiene guidelines by word of mouth.

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  • [‘코로나19' 확산 비상]시민들 온라인 해시태그 운동…#그럼에도 불구하고

    조문희

    March 09, 2020 |

    경향신문 |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: South Korea

    시민들로 하여금 코로나19의 불안과 혐오에서 벗어나도록 돕는 각종 해시태그 운동이 온라인에서 진행되고 있습니다. 이 같은 메시지들은 위기 상황 속 사회 구성원들 간의 공감과 연대를 다지는 계기로 작용하고 있습니다.

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  • How one New York school switched to online learning during coronavirus closure

    Ben Sales

    March 08, 2020 |

    The Times of Israel |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    When coronavirus began spreading in New York, SAR High School in the Bronx took rapid measures to begin education around distance learning, before the virus spread to the county. Although the transition hasn't been without obstacles, the prioritization of providing teachers a series of how-to guides, has allowed teachers to maintain orderliness to their classes and also offer other services via video conference such as sitting Shiva.

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  • 자영업자 찾는 무료 방역…가맹점 본사는 '상생의 손길'

    노동규

    March 03, 2020 |

    SBS 뉴스 |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    서울의 한 방역업체는 골목의 식당들을 찾아다니며 무료로 코로나19 예방 소독을, 한 프랜차이즈 본사는 최대 1,600만원의 월세 지원금을 제공하는 등, 힘을 모아 위기를 극복하기 위한 운동들이 눈에 띕니다.

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  • Giving the Gift of Mobility in a City Locked Down by Coronavirus

    Amy Qin

    February 04, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: China, Wuhan

    Thousands of people in Wuhan, China are volunteering to buy groceries, get medicine, and take community members to the hospital as a means to help those that need it during the coronavirus outbreak. Although the volunteers do not knowingly transport anyone diagnosed with coronavirus, the drivers wear protective clothing during their drives, which are organized by local neighborhood committees.

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