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  • COVID-19: Will South Korea's model help save Nigeria's hospital bed shortage?

    May 15, 2020 |

    Nigerian Tribune |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    As a response to hospital bed shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea developed a strategy that divides individuals who tested positive into four categories – mild, moderate, severe, and extremely severe – and placed those on the low end of the spectrum in self-quarantine or Living Treatment Centers (residential buildings requiring few medical personnel). As Nigeria grapples with the same issue, they look to South Korea as a model, but hesitate on making it work in different cultural contexts.

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  • Lockdown At Terminal Island Federal Prison Curbs Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak

    May 15, 2020 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, San Pedro, California

    By rapidly instituting mandatory testing of all inmates at a covid-19-stricken federal prison and segregating ill inmates, authorities reduced the number of new infections within weeks. At one point, nearly 70% of the inmates at the Terminal Island federal prison in San Pedro, California, had tested positive for the coronavirus as it raced through a facility where inmates normally interact constantly in crowded communal areas. As of mid-May, eight inmates had died and more than 500 had recovered.

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  • Utec desarrolló laboratorios de realidad virtual y remotos para continuar con las clases

    May 14, 2020 |

    La Diaria |

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    Response Location: Uruguay, Montevideo

    La Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay continúa sus clases prácticas de Energías Renovables y Mecatrónica con laboratorios de realidad virtual, en medio de la crisis causada por la pandemia. Desde casa, los estudiantes usan los laboratorios vacíos y realizan ejercicios virtuales gracias a la tecnología VR. Alrededor del 95% de los estudiantes continúan su año universitario normal.

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  • Formerly Incarcerated Women Launch Worker-Owned Food Business During COVID-19

    May 14, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    ChiFresh Kitchen is a worker-owned cooperative that gives formerly incarcerated people an income, and a second chance, under a corporate structure that attacks high unemployment from the ground up. Formed as a catering business on Chicago's West Side just as the pandemic shutdown began, ChiFresh shifted its intended clientele from nursing homes and schools to food-relief programs distributing free meals. The co-op, initially formed by mostly black women with hopes of scaling up to about 100 worker-owners, echoes the sorts of enterprises formed in response to Jim Crow restrictions of the past.

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  • Why does Germany have such a low number of deaths from Covid-19?

    May 14, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, Germany has seen some of the lowest death rates in the world. Reasons behind that rate have been attributed to the widespread, accessible testing and subsequent quarantining of individuals who test positive, as well as the country’s health care capacity and infrastructure. While a success story right now, there is worry that the immediate wins may lead to relaxing on protocol and a second wave.

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  • Virtual house calls flourish in the age of coronavirus

    May 14, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Enterprise, Oregon

    A community health care clinic in Oregon’s Wallowa County has been able to offer mental health services to its clients during the coronavirus pandemic thanks in part to an already-established virtual practice. In place to better serve the rural community, the clinic's telehealth option has gained even more popularity since social distancing became a necessity. Although the practice isn't without its limitations, such as access to internet, overall, the expanded access has helped reduce the impacts of isolation.

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  • Teachable Moments on the Dock

    May 14, 2020 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: Canada, Galiano Island, British Columbia

    A British Columbia project that includes education with regulations is a winning formula for rockfish conservation. Six cameras were placed strategically around the shoreline next to Galiano Island RCAs, and 46 information signs were posted at marinas and docks. The signs provide photos to help identify rockfish, show the boundaries of the RCAs, and offer specifics on the fishing rules. Team members also appear at community events to distribute information on RCAs, explaining how they work and what they are intended to achieve.

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  • With livestock prices falling and food banks in need, ag producers find new ways to share

    May 14, 2020 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    Farmers and ranchers across Montana are finding ways to share their products locally during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen livestock prices fall and food banks face higher demand. While some agricultural producers are looking to get their livestock in the hands of consumers at local markets, there are a limited number of in-state cattle and hog processors. For one rancher, he gathered other local ranchers to donate more than 20 animals to be locally butchered for donations to local food banks.

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  • The coronavirus broke the food supply chain. Here's how to fix it.

    May 14, 2020 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    The Do-Good Auto Coalition in northern New Jersey is recruiting car dealerships and automakers to help shuttle supplies and food to people experiencing economic hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic. The closing of restaurants, schools, and other businesses has created a disconnect in the food supply chain, with fresh produce stuck on farms with no easy way to get it to consumers. While there’s no quick fix to reduce food waste, the organization is hopeful they can bridge the gap between farmers and people who can’t meet their basic needs.

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  • A ‘Pandemic's-worth of Triggers' Are Causing an Increase in Relapses Across the Country. Here's How Appalachians Are Coping.

    May 14, 2020 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Stay-at-home orders and social distancing can worsen opioid addiction problems, and so some health providers, social media, and agencies in opioid-heavy Appalachia have devised ways to turn a threat into an opportunity. To counter isolation and denial of in-person counseling, forums on Reddit have thrived as virtual support groups. Video conferencing has proved a boon to telemedicine and counselors, extending the reach of services. Treatment providers and even Kentucky's prisons are distributing medications in novel ways to help people maintain sobriety and avoid overdoses.

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