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  • Akron Children's Prepared to Help Adult Colleagues

    March 19, 2020 |

    Spectrum News 1 Ohio |

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    Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

    Akron’s Children’s Hospital has developed an emergency protocol should the COVID19 pandemic reach them. Acting preemptively, they have limited visitors, removed all volunteers over age 60, and have nearly 700 employees working remotely. Feeling prepared, they’re working to help prepare hospitals that serve adult populations as well.

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  • Grocers seek to calm public during coronavirus outbreak

    March 19, 2020 |

    The Daily Record |

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    Response Location: United States, Wooster, Ohio

    The panic from the coronavirus pandemic has led many to stockpile groceries and household supplies, and grocers are addressing the surge in business by reallocating employees to different areas and implementing protective measures. From special store hours for senior citizens and protective barriers around cashiers to redeploying restaurant employees to other store management areas, grocers are doing what they can to respond to demand while also reassuring customers that the supply chain hasn't been interrupted.

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  • ‘This is like having a fire, but having it almost every day:' Sunnyvale agency responds amid Bay Area coronavirus outbreak

    March 18, 2020 |

    San Jose Mercury News (The Mercury News) |

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    Response Location: United States, Sunnyvale, California

    Sunnyvale Community Services in California is staffed by volunteers – such as older residents and community and corporate groups – but the coronavirus outbreak has forced many to stay home, so City of Sunnyvale staff are helping to address the gap. The agency, which helps deliver resources to those in need, is using the newfound volunteers to help with their weekly food distribution efforts.

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  • 1.2 million subscribers: How Reddit's coronavirus community became a destination

    March 18, 2020 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States

    A group of researchers of infectious diseases, virologists, computer scientists, doctors, and nurses have taken to moderating a community coronavirus message board on Reddit to help spread awareness and decrease information around the pandemic. From fact-checking to alerting of breaking news, these volunteers are helping to more efficiently get valid information to those in the online community, while incentivizing the sharing of valuable information via the platform's system of upvotes.

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  • Why drive-through testing is such an important tool in the coronavirus fight

    March 18, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Palo Alto, California

    Drive-through coronavirus testing sites aren't just safer for all involved, they're also more efficient. Although the limited exposure to hospital personnel and other patients is critical for slowing the spread, drive-throughs, and walk-up tents also allow for more people to be tested at a faster rate by eliminating barriers such as patient intake.

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  • Minnesota restaurants are closed, but their cooks are still feeding those in need

    March 18, 2020 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Despite being among those hit hardest by the coronavirus, restaurant owners and workers in Minnesota are stepping up to provide meals for those in need. But, to sustain their generous operations, business owners may eventually need more outside help.

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  • State of NH, local school districts, work to keep kids fed

    March 18, 2020 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    School districts across New Hampshire went into action to feed their students quickly after in-person classes had to be canceled due to the pandemic. Some districts incorporated community volunteers in order to increase food delivery routes and run bus routes, others were able to extend food pick-up to include the weekend, and others were able to offer fresh produce on top of bagged lunches, all of which helps not just the near-30% of students in the state who qualify for free lunch, but whoever wants or needs accessible food resources.

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  • In Kenya slums, community leaders step up to coronavirus challenge

    March 18, 2020 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    In Kibera, an informal settle in Nairobi, Kenya with little access to clean water, community organizations are setting up handwashing stations and deploying teams of volunteers to educate people about the spread of COVID-19. One organization called Shining Hope for Communities is addressing a lack of service for Kibera's half a million people.

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  • Engineers 3D-print patented valves for free to save coronavirus patients in Italy

    March 18, 2020 |

    Global News |

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    Response Location: Italy, Brescia

    When a hospital in Italy ran the risk of running out of a medical valve that was necessary to help treat patients suffering from COVID-19, an engineering company stepped in to fill the gap by 3D printing the valve. Choosing "patients over patents," the company was able to mass produce 100 valves – at a fraction of the cost of a regular valve – which have already helped at least 10 patients.

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  • Biohackers team up online to help develop coronavirus solutions

    March 18, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    A growing online community of scientists is collaborating in the search for solutions to the coronavirus pandemic. The "DIY biohacking" movement is inspiring the creation of faster tests, new methods for making masks and ventilators, and more.

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