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  • In Seattle, School Is Out, But Lunch Is Still In

    March 23, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    After Seattle schools closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, school staff quickly mobilized to ensure there would still be a way to distribute free food to students and their families. As the crisis unfolds, the distribution model will likely evolve to best meet the need, organizers explain.

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  • How a 60,000-employee firm survived China's COVID-19 outbreak

    March 23, 2020 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

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    Response Location: China, Hubei Province

    Bosch China Investment Ltd. survived the worst of the Coronavirus pandemic by taking serious precautions early on. This article lays out the specific steps in the timeline of the pandemic that the company took to protect its employees. Tactics include the usual set of tools like social distancing, face masks, and emergency preparedness systems, but it was how they executed the process that made it a success.

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  • When Coronavirus Closes Your Lab, Can Science Go On?

    March 23, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    For many jobs across the country, working from home is a fairly easy adaptation to cope with social distancing measures. But for many scientists who work in laboratories with ongoing research, a work from home solution does not quite fit. Labs and universities are finding ways to adapt and prioritize which experiments to put on hold.

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  • Governments are using cellphone location data to manage the coronavirus

    March 23, 2020 |

    The Verge |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    Governments across the world are using data from cell phones to better track the movement of those under quarantine restrictions during coronavirus. While each country using this containment strategy is implementing it in different ways, the information shared is kept anonymous but, in some cases, grants the greater public access to movements of individuals to know where possible contagions may have occurred.

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  • San Francisco Fights Coronavirus By Finding the Homeless a Home

    March 23, 2020 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Recognizing the unique vulnerability of its homeless population to the coronavirus outbreak, San Francisco is transforming motels and hotels into makeshift and spacious shelters. The city must act fast to protect a homeless population that has soared to over 8,000 residents in recent years amid an ongoing tech boom, officials and community leaders say.

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  • With command and control, Taiwan excels in managing COVID-19

    March 23, 2020 |

    Channel News Asia |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    After the 2003 SARS epidemic, Taiwan formed the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), which has proved necessary in the face of COVID19. The CECC has helped coordinated screenings for incoming travelers, rationing face masks, creating a hotline, and enforcing mandatory self-quarantines. They’ve also integrated health insurance, immigration, and customs databases to identify those most at risk.

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  • Door County Emergency Support Coalition connecting those in need with those who can

    March 23, 2020 |

    WLUK-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Door County, Wisconsin

    The Door County Emergency Support Coalition has emerged from the joining of multiple local entities to provide one source of COVID-19 support for residents. Services include shopping and delivering groceries, securing absentee ballots, and a drive-through voting system. The Coalition now has 300 volunteers and are looking to expand further to meet the needs of their neighbors.

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  • Hand Sanitizer Mini-Factories Popping Up Around Bay Area

    March 23, 2020 |

    San Francisco Public Press |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In the Bay Area of California, organizations are repurposing their work and personal spaces to act as DIY pop-up hand sanitizer factories during the coronavirus pandemic. From donating the product to homeless shelters to installing hand washing stations and hand sanitizer dispensers throughout cities, community members are taking an active role in trying to help contain the virus.

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  • Bridging the digital divide: How NH districts are making remote learning work

    March 23, 2020 |

    The Eagle-Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Many counties in New Hampshire are addressing the digital divide by loaning laptops to students without access to a computer at home and providing paper assignments to students who don’t have access to the internet. Though not available for every student who lacks access to a computer, school districts, business leaders, and citizens have loaned out thousands of laptops to students. The state's largest school district has bus drivers bring breakfast, lunch, and paper assignments to school children each day, which also enables the bus drivers to continue working during the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown.

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  • Cambridge To Pay Restaurants To Make Meals For Homeless People

    March 23, 2020 |

    WBUR |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    To help mitigate the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on some of its most vulnerable populations, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is paying otherwise closed restaurants to make food for short-staffed homeless shelters in the area.

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