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COVID-19 has infected populations around the world and has put medical researchers, policy makers, and other government officials to the test to respond to the issue.
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https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/06/covid-19-facility-helps-homeless-in-unexpected-ways?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Eleni Gill
Honolulu Civil Beat
26 June 2020
Text / 800-1500 Words
When Covid-19 began spreading throughout the United States, officials in Hawaii set up a quarantine facility for those experiencing homelessness that helped connect residents with other services to reduce their risk of contracting the virus. While it's too early to know if this could be a viable model for health care in the long run, the practice of temporary housing has currently helped curb the spread of the virus among the community's "unsheltered people."
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/06/25/to-reach-vulnerable-populations-berkeley-goes-on-the-road-to-offer-covid-19-testing?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Frances Dinkelspiel
Berkeleyside
25 June 2020
Text / Under 800 Words
City officials in Berkeley have recently implemented a mobile testing site for Covid-19 to better reach vulnerable populations throughout the region. Although the physical testing site will remain as the central point for testing, the mobile option has helped test those in senior homes and nursing facilities, as well as their caretakers.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexico-city-tames-covid-19-in-one-of-worlds-largest-food-markets-11593097826?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Luhnow
Juan Montes
Wall Street Journal
25 June 2020
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In New Mexico, the world’s largest wholesale food market managed to contain the spread of Covid-19 by taking an aggressive, early intervention course of action that included widespread testing, contact tracing and isolation protocols. Although the rest of the country has yet to implement such measures, the market which was once called "a center for infections," has already seen a drastic reduction in cases.
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882316641/what-parents-can-learn-from-child-care-centers-that-stayed-open-during-lockdowns?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Anya Kamenetz
NPR
24 June 2020
Radio / 1500-3000 Words
When schools and daycares closed at the onset of the pandemic, YMCA centers around the country remained open to provide care for the children of essential workers. In Phoenix, YMCA staff worked to screen children for symptoms, and made social distancing fun by having them use 'airplane arms,' as well as implementing activities that made handwashing fun. Experts say "these experiences illustrate that it's possible to bring kids together without a guarantee of an outbreak or a serious situation developing," but the risk remains.
https://thediscourse.ca/cowichan-valley/cowichan-homelessness-covid-tenting?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Minkow
The Discourse
24 June 2020
Text / 800-1500 Words
A coalition of local groups in the Cowichan region focused on the welfare of vulnerable populations during COVID-19 opened five tenting sites that have provided people experiencing homelessness with safety, meals, and access to service. The temporary solution, pending the opening of 100 units of housing to open in 2021, has uncertain financing after its initial $392,000 phase. But, almost immediately, the well-managed sites have had a visible effect: many fewer people wandering the streets.
https://www.ypradio.org/post/covid-19-motivates-policy-overhaul-county-jails-montana?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker#stream/0
Charles Bolte
Yellowstone Public Radio
24 June 2020
Radio / 5-15 Minutes
In response to COVID-19 infection fears, Montana jails rapidly shrank the numbers of pretrial detainees held on nonviolent charges in a demonstration of how quickly a change in policy – without even changing state law – can decrease incarceration rates. Based on numbers like those seen at Missoula County Detention Facility, which dropped its jail population by 37% in March and April by turning away people who ordinarily would have been jailed, decarceration advocates hope to make the changes permanent after studying the effects on crime.
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