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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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  • 홍콩은 어떻게 사회적 거리두기 완화가 불러온 2차 파도를 막아냈나

    April 20, 2020 |

    동아사이언스 |

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    Response Location: China, Hong Kong

    지난 3월 초 사회적 거리두기 완화로 코로나19의 '2차' 지역 사회 감염이 우려되던 때, 홍콩 방역당국은 국경 통제 강화, 재택근무 재시행, 유흥시설 휴업 조치 등을 통해 위기 상황 재발을 방지했습니다.

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  • New York Needed Ventilators. So They Developed One in a Month.

    April 20, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    After learning that the U.S. would likely face a shortage of ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic, a group of "scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, physicians and regulatory experts" collaborated to design an automatic resuscitator that can be used to help "less critically ill patients." The streamlined creation comes with an affordable price tag, making it more scalable for use in rural areas or less developed regions, and has also been approved by the F.D.A. for use in hospitals.

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  • They asked for firewood, food, even medication, and strangers across Maine delivered

    April 20, 2020 |

    Bangor Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    New and existing community response and mutual aid networks, such as the Maine Coronavirus Community Assistance Facebook page, serve as stopgap measures so people struggling with the economic costs of the Covid-19 pandemic can get more immediate aid than from state bureaucracies. The crowd-sourced format also allows for more targeted aid, like when one of Maine’s 20,000 members received firewood, food, and even over-the-counter medication. The Maryland page has marked over 200 posts as having received assistance. To run smoothly, the pages need volunteer moderators to fact-check and maintain civility.

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  • Tracing the Path Of COVID-19 In Hawaii -- 1 Name At A Time

    April 20, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    In Hawaii, an understaffed health department is struggling to keep up with the number of new COVID-19 infections, but they are doing what they can with a method known as contact tracing, in which disease detectives track and monitor the interactions and movements of known infected people. About 70 people in the health department, half of whom are volunteers, make phone calls all day long to infected patients and everyone they have come in contact with. The health department hopes to scale up as soon as possible.

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  • To address overwhelming need, Arizona nurses deploy to Colorado

    April 20, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Nurses from Phoenix’s Banner-University Medical Center volunteered to travel to Greeley, Colorado, which has been hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic. Seeing twice the number of fatalities, Banner Health – because of its capacity and reach – was able to move around their resources to fit the needs of their different locations.

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  • Mental Health Providers Are Struggling, Too. Here's How They're Supporting Each Other

    April 20, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Lacey, Washington

    Many psychologists and counselors have moved their therapy sessions online due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has been received largely positively across the nation. As the pandemic continues, however, there is an increasing need for therapists who are trained to work with other therapists or first responders, so some states are now increasing online educational training, using social media to make connections, and utilizing professional organizations to "keep records of therapists available and trained to work with other first responders."

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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 a trickle of water is breathing life into the parched Colorado River Delta

    April 19, 2020 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Francisco Murguía, Baja California Sur

    A unique partnership between environmental groups and governments in the United States and Mexico has led to the resurrection of wetlands and forests in the long-dry Colorado River Delta. Since the waters were dammed and diverted in the 1900s, estuaries dried up and vegetation was lost. The two nations agreed to rewet the delta via a planned flood. Even though there isn’t enough water available to restore a flowing river, these restoration projects on parts of the delta have shown promise. Challenges, including limited funds and hotter, drier conditions due to climate change, remain for its longterm success.

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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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