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What is South Korea doing to quickly detect COVID-19 cases and what can we learn from it?

José Carlos Cordero Cote

March 25, 2020 |

La Noticia |

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Response Location: South Korea, Daegu

South Korea’s rapid response to COVID-19 shares many successes that can be duplicated by other countries. Its main advantage came from its ability to create tests rapidly, which could happen quickly because of preparedness changes made after the 2015 MERS outbreak. It then scaled up drive-through testing, information-sharing about infected individuals’ location, and social distancing measures.

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How volunteers from tech companies like Amazon, Apple and Google built a coronavirus-tracking site in six days

Christina Farr

March 23, 2020 |

CNBC |

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Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Volunteers from tech companies collaborated with epidemiologists to create a Covid-19 tracking site that works to monitor the spread of the virus and help people know if they have been in contact with anyone who may have been infected. Although registration to the site is still short of the goal number, 10,000 people have already provided their information.

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South Korea has the world's most comprehensive coronavirus data

Grady McGregor

March 19, 2020 |

Fortune |

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Response Location: South Korea

In the fight to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic, some countries are only testing the most at-risk people, but South Korea's approach of testing nearly everyone has shown that increased data helps contain the spread. By testing those that are asymptomatic, the country has gathered a more comprehensive assessment of who is spreading the disease and is able to better isolate those individuals.

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Is Taiwan's impressive response to COVID-19 possible in Canada?

Vik Adhopia

March 19, 2020 |

CBC |

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Response Location: Taiwan

Although Taiwan and Canada saw the beginning of coronavirus outbreaks within days of each other, Taiwan has been able to better contain the spread. Using tactics such as integrating "its health insurance database with its immigration database" and using the military to help produce protective masks for medical workers, the Taiwanese government's aggressive approach offers lessons in how to use big data and regulations to stem the spread of infectious diseases.

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A Disease Tracker Backed by Gates and Zuckerberg Tackles Covid-19 in Cambodia

Megan Molteni

March 10, 2020 |

Wired |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Identifying the metagenomic sequencing for new outbreaks of viruses can help to better assess how the virus is spreading, which in turn helps health officials figure out how to slow down the contagion. In the midst of a coronavirus outbreak, a tool that was first used to during the SARS outbreak is now being used to track Covid-19 in under-resourced places such as Cambodia.

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The race to unravel the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the United States

Amy Maxmen

March 06, 2020 |

Nature |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

When virologists and genomicists in Seattle, Washington realized that COVID-19 was likely to spread to the United States, they began to research ways to keep vulnerable poplulations safe. So far, early success has come from replicating the Seattle Flu Study, which uses a swab test to "reveal the trail that the flu takes as it passes around households, homeless shelters, office parks and communities in the city," and now investors are putting money towards getting these tests into households.

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How The Carbon Disclosure Project Is Fostering Transparency For City-Level Environmental Policy Design

Chad Small

February 03, 2020 |

Blavity |

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Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Collecting data about environmental risks and resiliency projects facilitates investment and funding. The Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) Cities Program and Cities Vulnerability Assessment encourage participating cities to report actions they are taking to address climate risks. CDP then uses the data to help cities invest in socially equitable solutions, advising community level projects through its Matchmaker project. The project has led to results in cities such as Baltimore and Cleveland.

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'Scary Moms' Are Part Of The Citizen War Against Pollution In Pakistan

Diaa Hadid

January 06, 2020 |

NPR |

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Response Location: Pakistan, Lahore

In cities across Pakistan, smog and air pollution are dire health threats but the country's government hasn't done enough to take it seriously - so citizens are pushing back. Initiatives to crowd source air quality data and a push from local mothers to encourage parents to use school buses for their children to lower transportation emission is raising awareness and producing results.

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How They Did It: Investigating a Country with 2,000 Clandestine Graves

Catalina Lobo-Guerrero

December 17, 2019 |

Global Investigative Journalism Network |

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Response Location: Mexico

A nearly two-year investigation of Mexicans who had gone missing, and presumably murdered, produced a series of stories based on the database of at least 2,000 graves across Mexico. A group of independent reporters and photographers called “¿A dónde van los desaparecidos?” (where do the disappeared go?) supplied victims' families with information that previous government and private efforts had not, and that fueled demands for definitive information on their loved ones' deaths. More than 40,000 people have been reported missing in Mexico since 2006 amid drug-related violence.

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Tulsa Officials Used Data to Help Solve the City's Problems 

Kristi Eaton

December 02, 2019 |

AARP Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a group of city employees use data to drive decisions in city government ranging from the use of tennis courts to which job applicants will be awarded positions. In one project, the group analyzed 911 call center volume data and optimized the number of employees needed for different times of the day. Their adjustments helped the 911 call center to answer 90 percent of calls in less than 10 seconds.

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