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A German Exception? Why the Country's Coronavirus Death Rate Is Low

Katrin Bennhold

April 04, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Germany, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg

Germany has had plenty of coronavirus patients—more than 100,000 laboratory-confirmed infections—but their death rate is remarkably low compared to neighboring countries. Experts attribute this to extensive and widespread testing, a trusted government, social distancing, and plenty of hospital care available if needed. Their capacity is so great that the country is now taking in patients from Italy, Spain, and France. As a result, the curve is beginning to flatten in Germany.

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Telemedicine Arrives in the U.K.: ‘10 Years of Change in One Week'

Benjamin Mueller

April 04, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, London

Social distancing is as necessary to protect healthcare providers as it is anyone else, so primary care providers in the U.K. are begrudgingly making the move to telemedicine—meeting with and diagnosing patients over a video call. Neighborhood doctors say the new approach saves them time, and telemedicine companies say that demand and orders have increased over 70%. Doctors have also set up "dirty zones" to check possibly infected patients, and "safe zones" to see patients with other ailments.

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How South Korea Solved Its Face Mask Shortage

E. Tammy Kim

April 01, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: South Korea

To combat a shortage of protective masks caused by the onset of the coronavirus outbreak, the South Korea government implemented "significant market interventions." The government began purchasing masks from manufacturers, allocating a certain number primarily to pharmacies to distribute, and informed the public that they were to "buy two masks per week on an assigned weekday, depending on their year of birth."

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Covid-19 Changed How the World Does Science, Together

Matt Apuzzo David D. Kirkpatrick

April 01, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

While most other scientific research around the world has come to a halt, coronavirus research is flourishing as a global collaboration of scientists focuses on understanding the virus and finding a vaccine. Competition among scientists and countries is still fervent, but information is being shared across labs and borders more urgently and quickly than before.

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Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest

Donald G. McNeil Jr.

March 30, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

Kinsa thermometers connect wirelessly to a central database that has been used to track fevers across the United States during the COVID19 pandemic. The data that has been collected has shown that strict orders like business closures and stay-at-home restrictions are working. With public health measures that seek prevention rather than treatment, proof of success can be hard to identify, but these thermometers and their tracking are doing it.

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Coronavirus Slowdown in Seattle Suggests Restrictions Are Working

Mike Baker

March 29, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

After learning of the first cases of coronavirus that weren't contracted by direct exposure or from foreign travel, officials in Washington took quick and strict measures to start introducing social distancing, which may have helped slow the transmission. Although the hospitals are low on supplies, they have not yet been "overrun," indicating that modeling and widespread testing, along with limiting human-to-human interactions and gatherings, were all beneficial parts of the strategy to slow the spread.

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Germany Has Relatively Few Deaths From Coronavirus. Why?

Anna Sauerbrey

March 28, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Germany

Although Germany has reported over 50,000 cases of coronavirus, the country is seeing a lesser death toll from the pandemic as compared to other countries. Like other countries working to contain the spread, Germany was quick to enact widespread testing a persistent contact tracing, but the country also implemented early measures to protect the more senior residents which has kept the infection rate low for this highly susceptible population.

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

Sharon Otterman Sarah Maslin Nir

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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A Sewing Army, Making Masks for America

David Enrich Rachel Abrams Steven Kurutz

March 25, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

As hospitals and healthcare workers face a shortage of protective gear in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, an army of independent craftspeople have stepped up. Around the United States, they are sewing protective masks by hand, and they are making an impact. For people who are stuck at home or out of work, this is a way they can contribute, and many hospitals have begun relying on these DIY masks that are already saving lives.

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The People Leading When Leaders Do Not

Elaina Plott Jennifer Medina

March 25, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Johnson City, Tennessee

In cities across the U.S. where local government hesitated to enact social distancing and shelter-in-place advisories, local community members and business owners are stepping in and shutting their doors to lead by example. Although those who have taken this approach have been met with resistance from some, many other local businesses have followed their lead and in some cases, the local government has too.

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