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  • Memphis teachers turn to TV to air lessons with classrooms closed due to coronavirus

    April 01, 2020 |

    Chalkbeat Tennessee |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    To reach kids who must stay at home as a result of the coronavirus and may not have access to reliable internet, teachers in Tennessee's Shelby County schools are recording easily accessible TV lessons. Though teachers can no longer get the same level of feedback from students or adjust to their on-the-spot questions, the lessons are to some degree interactive and aim to reinforce lessons students learned before schools went remote.

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  • Que font les villes pour protéger les femmes victimes de violences pendant le confinement ?

    April 01, 2020 |

    Médiacités |

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    Response Location: France, Nantes

    Mediacités s’est penché sur le programme Citad’elles, lancé par la ville de Nantes en novembre 2019. Unique en son genre, il s’agit d’un lieu dédié à l’écoute et à l’accompagnement des femmes ayant subi des violences intrafamiliales.

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  • Statewide makerspace network collaborates on COVID-19 mask projects

    April 01, 2020 |

    Manchester Ink Link |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Makerspaces, collaborative community-operated workspaces, across New Hampshire have started using 3D printers to make masks for healthcare workers. Using mostly donated supplies, members printed and assembled protective face shields for health-care workers, sending 150 to a hospital in Manchester and planning on making 1,000 a week. The main limitation is that 3D printer is slow, but volunteers throughout the state with 3D printers have offered to help.

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  • Des plates-formes assurent le suivi des malades infectés par le coronavirus à domicile

    April 01, 2020 |

    Le Monde |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    En France, la plate-forme Covidom, comme l’application Covid AP-HM, permettent un suivi quotidien et automatisé des malades atteints du coronavirus mais ne nécessitant pas d’hospitalisation.

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  • These Teens Are Helping Self-Isolating Seniors Stay Connected

    April 01, 2020 |

    Teen Vogue |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    To help senior citizens through the coronavirus pandemic, teens and young adults are teaching the older people in their communities how to utilize technology. From "using FaceTime, finding reputable news on Facebook, and ordering groceries online," the skills these young volunteers are teaching help bridge the gap between social distancing and isolation.

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  • Social distancing works. The earlier the better, California and Washington data show.

    April 01, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    California and Washington were both early to adopt social distancing measures in the United States as a response to the coronavirus pandemic, and are now emerging as successful models for how this protocol could work if enacted early. Although these states have not been immune to a heavy caseload, they have not experienced the spikes that have overwhelmed the hospitals in states like New York.

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  • The push to get vital COVID-19 information to Arizonans who don't speak English

    March 31, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    In the U.S., service announcements about the spread of coronavirus were originally only released in English, so local governments, organizations, and news outlets across the nation have stepped in to help non-English speakers to access the information. Some are using TV and social media to offer translations while others called on the CDC to address the concern which prompted the organization to release translations.

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  • Allina Health's Tablet Stands Could Help Preserve PPE Supplies

    March 31, 2020 |

    WCCO-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    In Minnesota, hospitals in the Allina Health system are using tablets and stands for doctors to speak with their patients in an effort to cut down on the need to use various kinds of personal protective equipment like masks and gloves. With the tablets, doctors and nurses can virtually check in on patients nearby from the safety of a kiosk.

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  • In COVID-19 economy, Southwest Florida farms, restaurants band together to offer solutions

    March 31, 2020 |

    Fort Myers News-Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Myers, Florida

    Farms in Southwest Florida are facing a decline in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic forcing restaurants and farmer's markets to close and social distancing to be mandated. To stay afloat, some farmers are "adding onsite markets to their fields and teaming with restaurants-cum-grocery-services," while others are joining together to offer grocery delivery or grab-and-go-vegetable boxes direct from the farms.

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  • China's Venture Capitalists Start Making Deals, Amid Signs of Recovery

    March 31, 2020 |

    The Information |

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    Response Location: China

    China's economy has slowly begun to show signs of reopening and recovering, which has led some companies to begin fundraising. Consumer brands that saw an uptick in usage during the pandemic – such as an online grocery delivery startup, an online education tutor, and even an online makeup retailer – have so far been successful in their efforts to raise funds with investors saying that "in the current climate of uncertainty, they were more comfortable betting on the companies that are leading their industries."

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