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  • Bridgewater Studio produces emergency face shields for the City of Chicago

    March 27, 2020 |

    Daily Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Personal protective gear is in short supply across the U.S., so many prototypes have been crafted to fill the gap. A design studio in Chicago has begun production on emergency face shields to help the city's first responders. A production line is already underway to produce 150,000 face shields by April 8th. The design is actually by Bednark Studio and approved by the New York State Department of Health, so the design is being replicated and adapted across the country.

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  • Photos: The Contradictory Flaw In The City's Underwhelming Open Streets Plan

    March 27, 2020 |

    Gothamist |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In an effort to prevent overcrowding in public spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic, New York City has closed a few streets in four out of five boroughs. This density reduction plan, though, doesn’t seem to be getting put to use, and some say is just wasting city resources having police stationed at these closed streets.

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  • WhatsApp forums, social distancing: Nigerian sisters respond to the coronavirus pandemic

    March 27, 2020 |

    Global Sisters Report |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Enugu, Enugu State

    A Nigerian charity home for more than 50 homeless and abandoned children is practicing strict hygienic standards in order to keep their residents safe and healthy during COVID-19. The Daughters of Divine Love is run by nuns, and they all try to educate the children about the coronavirus in a way they can understand. The sisters keep track of the latest news in a WhatsApp forum in order to know what to share with the children, and they keep the children clean with regular handwashing, home disinfection, and clothes washing. They have also stopped accepting victims of trafficking into the shelter.

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  • As pandemic spreads, nonprofit is on a mission to clear out Twin Cities jails, one bail bond at a time

    March 27, 2020 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The Minnesota Freedom Fund has ramped up its spending to pay bail for people with low-level charges. The COVID-19 threat has added urgency to this increasingly popular response to the cash bail system. With jails and prisons posing a great threat to inmates during a pandemic, there have been increased calls to release non-violent inmates to slow the spread and protect those experiencing incarceration.

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  • Taiwan's carrot-and-stick approach to virus fight wins praise, but strains showing

    March 27, 2020 |

    Reuters |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Taiwan has gained a reputation for its effective response to the coronavirus -- phone tracking keeps those wanting to disobey the rules in their homes and delivered stipends and goodie bags rewards those who stay inside. As more people travel to the country from other impacted nations, can this contract tracing and tracking approach be scaled up effectively?

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  • Technology helping churches ‘get the word out' amid virus crisis

    March 27, 2020 |

    The Winchester Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    Church leaders in Virginia adapted their Sunday Masses to be streamed virtually and innovated ways to hold confessions after the pandemic made in-person gatherings unsafe. Different churches are relying on the use of popular virtual conferencing platform, Zoom, others hold Facebook Live sessions, and Reverends are holding "drive-through" confessions.

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  • How South Korea flattened the curve

    March 27, 2020 |

    Prospect |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    The South Korean mantra "bbali-bbali" or "fast, fast" helps to describe the country's response to the coronavirus. The government quickly enacted technology and disinfectant methods to address the public health threat.

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  • How some cities ‘flattened the curve' during the 1918 flu pandemic

    March 27, 2020 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: United States

    What can the 1918 Spanish Flu teach us about how we can effectively respond to the 2020 coronavirus? Researchers are comparing the death rates during the Spanish Flu in different U.S. cities to see which governments' methods were most effective at flattening the curve.

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  • ‘We're Doing What We Can': How a Makeshift Network Is Filling in the Gaps with Medical Supplies

    March 27, 2020 |

    Route Fifty |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    To address a shortage of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, community members have begun to take on the task of producing face masks for medical professionals. From sewing masks to creating face shields with a 3D printer at a local library, communities are organizing and organizations are partnering to, at least temporarily, solve the problem.

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  • New Rochelle, Once a Coronavirus Hot Spot, May Now Offer Hope

    March 27, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Rochelle, New York

    New York state's quick actions to create a containment zone around New Rochelle after an early outbreak of coronavirus cases are proving successful. “Everybody talks about flattening the curve, and I think that’s exactly what we were able to do,” one local health official noted.

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