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  • A Training Program for Refugees to Work in the Arts

    March 16, 2020 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    Response Location: France

    Refugees and asylum seekers are being trained to work in French museums and other cultural institutions through a nonprofit established by a Syrian refugee. Participants in the program go on to lead tours, answer questions and watch over paintings. Sama For All also helps HR departments create migrant-friendly hiring procedures. While the number of employed participants remains low, the program provides access to employment within French cultural institutions which would otherwise not be available for refugees.

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  • The Coronavirus-Proof Nation

    March 16, 2020 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Taiwan has emerged as an outlier in the fight to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, having not imposed strict or aggressive containment strategies, yet still seeing few cases reported. The country's success is linked to a culture of collective action, which also benefited from early prevention strategies.

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  • Commitment, transparency pay off as South Korea limits COVID-19 spread

    March 16, 2020 |

    EURACTIV |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    Weeks before the coronavirus outbreak was declared to be a pandemic, Seoul, and other parts of South Korea set into motion a combination of "prevention and mitigation programs" that are now being touted as lessons for other countries struggling to contain the virus. Using technological advancements such as a national mobile phone alert system and mobile phone applications along with increased transparency around data collected, new reports of cases have slowed allowing the country to prepare for a potential surge later on.

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  • Warum Südkorea so effektiv gegen das Coronavirus handeln kann

    March 15, 2020 |

    Augsburger Allgemeine |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    Südkorea hat im großen Stil und rasch ein umfangreiches Testsystem zur Erkennung des Virus aufgebaut. In nur 17 Tagen haben die Behörden einen eigenen Virus-Test eingeführt und ein Netzwerk aus insgesamt 96 Laboren ins Laufen gebracht. Die Infektionszahlen sind rückläufig.

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  • 횟집서도 '드라이브스루' 판매 등장…상인들 궁여지책

    March 15, 2020 |

    JTBC 뉴스 |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    코로나 바이러스로 인해 큰 타격을 입은 대구 및 경북 지역 상인들이 위기 극복을 위한 각종 아이디어를 선보이고 있습니다. 한 횟집에서는 '드라이브스루' 판매법을 도입하는 등 적극적 대책들이 돋보입니다.

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  • How South Korea Scaled Coronavirus Testing While the U.S. Fell Dangerously Behind

    March 15, 2020 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Daegu

    South Korea is emerging as a model for many countries battling the spread of coronavirus, thanks to the country's quick response to initiate widespread testing and contact tracing methodology. Having learned from what failed during the outbreak in 2015, the country has been able to keep their death toll under 1 percent, unlike many other countries battling the pandemic.

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  • Nowhere to Go: Out of jail, recovery housing hard to find

    March 15, 2020 |

    Seacoast Online |

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    Response Location: United States, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

    New Hampshire's Rockinham County gives some people with extensive drug and criminal histories an offramp from the criminal legal system, in the form of housing at Cross Roads House and a drug court to emphasize treatment over punishment. But, while other cities in the state meet such needs with multiple programs, the second-most populous county in the state has a severe shortage of supportive housing and services. Such services can make the difference between prison and success, and even between life and death in a place with high rates of overdose deaths.

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  • Stories of caremongering during the COVID-19 pandemic

    March 15, 2020 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Canada

    All across Canada, people are organizing and volunteering en masse to help their neighbors in need. Groups of people and single volunteers alive have been delivering groceries, donating food and money, and running other errands for vulnerable populations.

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  • UC has a solution to the national shortage of coronavirus testing — do it in house

    March 14, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In response to the nationwide deficit of coronavirus tests, colleges in the University of California system are developing their own tests. These tests are increasing the state's capacity for identifying infected residents and decreasing the time required for patients to get their results.

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  • 공룡 민간배달 앱에 수수·광고료 없는 공공배달앱 도전장

    March 14, 2020 |

    연합뉴스TV |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Gunsan

    코로나19로 인해 배달 수요가 급증하고 있는 가운데 민간배달앱들이 부과하는 수수료가 영세 상인들에게 큰 부담이 되고 있습니다. 군산시에서는 이 같은 영세상인들의 고충을 해결하고자 자체적으로 수수료와 광고료가 없는 배달앱을 개발해 지역민들의 호응을 사고 있습니다.

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