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Chicago's Gun Violence Interrupters Take on Coronavirus

Lakeidra Chavis

March 17, 2020 |

The Trace |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Street outreach workers who work to reduce gun violence in Chicago are using the relationships they've built to now spread the word about the dangers of the coronavirus. “To the extent that we are the sort of conduits to vulnerable neighborhoods, it makes sense for us to sort of disseminate that information because it’s an important public service,” one outreach worker explains.

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How Vietnam Learned From China's Coronavirus Mistakes

Trien Vinh Le Huy Quynh Nguyen

March 17, 2020 |

The Diplomat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Vietnam

China has seen success in containing the coronavirus through strict governmental oversight but when the virus made its way to Vietnam – a country with similar rule – the government enacted more transparent approaches and relied on social networks to mitigate the spread. Although it is yet to be seen if one methodology was superior to the other, Vietnam's strategy of accountability and transparency has "proved to be effective and furnished positive results."

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South Korea's coronavirus success story underscores how the U.S. initially failed

Ishaan Tharoor

March 17, 2020 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Korea

Unlike the United States, South Korea has seen rapid success in slowing the spread of coronavirus by implementing widespread testing protocols and increasing transparency. Instead of government officials giving updates, public health experts report to the public while throughout the nation pop-up and drive-through testing sites allow for mass-scale testing, all offered free of charge to citizens.

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Containing coronavirus: lessons from Asia

Kathrin Hille Edward White

March 16, 2020 |

Financial Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Taiwan

Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan all implemented similar comprehensive public health emergency plans that successfully reduced the spread of coronavirus in each region. Although each country used tactics such as travel restrictions, widespread testing, transparent communication, and quarantine protocols, Taiwan and South Korea are emerging as models for other countries due to the structure of democracy.

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How South Korea Put Into Place the World's Most Aggressive Coronavirus Test Program

Dasl Yoon Timothy W. Martin

March 16, 2020 |

Wall Street Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Korea

The testing efficiency and protocols implemented in South Korea to slow the spread of coronavirus have proven to be successful, with the latest reports of the country showing that reports of cases have leveled off. Combining "a single-payer health-care system and a sweeping infectious-disease law," the country was able rapidly identify potential cases and enact isolation in order to contain the spread of the virus.

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Commitment, transparency pay off as South Korea limits COVID-19 spread

Andrés Sánchez Braun

March 16, 2020 |

EURACTIV |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

Weeks before the coronavirus outbreak was declared to be a pandemic, Seoul, and other parts of South Korea set into motion a combination of "prevention and mitigation programs" that are now being touted as lessons for other countries struggling to contain the virus. Using technological advancements such as a national mobile phone alert system and mobile phone applications along with increased transparency around data collected, new reports of cases have slowed allowing the country to prepare for a potential surge later on.

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While other countries lost precious time, Taiwan mobilised to keep COVID-19 at bay

Ben Hurley

March 16, 2020 |

The Sydney Morning Herald |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

In Taiwan, a combination of "early intervention and a well-oiled command structure" have helped to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Measures such a public health hotline, temperature check points, enhanced hygiene protocols, integrated databases, and a diversion of funds and military personnel towards making protective masks, all worked together to slow the spread and offer lessons to the countries still fighting an increasing caseload.

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The Coronavirus-Proof Nation

Will Doig

March 16, 2020 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Taiwan

Taiwan has emerged as an outlier in the fight to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, having not imposed strict or aggressive containment strategies, yet still seeing few cases reported. The country's success is linked to a culture of collective action, which also benefited from early prevention strategies.

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How Taiwan is containing coronavirus – despite diplomatic isolation by China

Michelle Yun

March 12, 2020 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

Struggling countries look to Taiwan as an example of how to respond to a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic. Strategies that Taiwan uses include tracking of mandatory quarantines, border control, and its use of technology. They are now looking to expand testing even further.

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Confronting a Pandemic

Michael Barbaro

March 12, 2020 |

The New York Times |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: China

The United States and Italy have been playing catch up in the mitigation of the coronavirus pandemic and were resistant to implementing social distancing, while other countries took more aggressive approaches. Now both countries are looking to China and South Korea to learn how sweeping actions and industrialized scaling of measures such as fever clinics, temperature check points, portable CAT scanning, and social isolation, have helped to contain the pandemic.

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