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8 April 2020
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Across the U.S. many state hospitals and forming partnerships with each other and hospitals in other states to better address the coronavirus pandemic. Washington's hospital system is emerging as a model for collectiv...
Grady Newsource
Jack Binder
7 April 2020
Athens, Georgia, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Citizens across Northeast Georgia are participating in grassroots community efforts to help supply masks for health workers. A Facebook group called, "Mask Making for Athens Area Healthcare Workers," is providing guid...
7 April 2020
New Zealand
Text
800-1500 Words
New Zealand has managed to not just flatten the curve, but has shown signs of eliminating the coronavirus thanks to rapid interventions taken by the government. Heeding the outcomes in the U.S. and Italy, the country ...
7 April 2020
Singapore
Text
1500-3000 Words
Several Asian nations have successfully slowed the spread of coronavirus and may now offer lessons for the U.S. and Europe. Although each took its own approach, commonalities included governmental oversight, early int...
Bored Panda
Judita Kusaitytė
3 April 2020
South Korea
Multi-Media
Under 800 Words
As told through the words of citizens on social media, this article lays out a number of ways the government of South Korean has been able to contain the virus. A notable thing is the care package mailed to everyone, ...
2 April 2020
Los Angeles, California, United States
Podcast
5-15 Minutes
As many restaurants shift to delivery or take-out early due to the coronavirus pandemic, others are finding success in shifting their business models to become markets and bodegas. Although this isn't necessarily sust...
2 April 2020
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Social distancing has negatively affected homeless shelters, because the volunteers who prepare the meals aren't considered essential employees. The city of Cambridge pledged to pay local restaurants to provide bagged...
2 April 2020
Abuja, Nigeria
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has opened seven 24-hour laboratories across the country with the capacity to test and diagnose the coronavirus. They have staff working around the clock to conduct and di...
KCRW
Jonathan Bastian
Chery Glaser
2 April 2020
Davis, California, United States
Radio
5-15 Minutes
California is working to increase the number of health care providers by implementing a new program that aims to recruit unemployed, under-employed, newly graduated, and retired medical workers to help provide relief ...
1 April 2020
Taiwan
Broadcast TV Programs
5-15 Minutes
Taiwan was expected to be inundated with COVID-19 cases, but that never happened at least in part due to the swift and aggressive actions enacted by the government. Integral to the approach was enhanced transparency f...
1 April 2020
Taiwan
Broadcast TV Programs
5-15 Minutes
Due to its proximity to China, experts forcasted that Taiwan would experience a high number of coronavirus cases, but aggressive intervention strategies have kept the overall caseload much lower than expected. New reg...
1 April 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
California and Washington were both early to adopt social distancing measures in the United States as a response to the coronavirus pandemic, and are now emerging as successful models for how this protocol could work ...
31 March 2020
Henrico County, Virginia, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
When Henrico County Fire Department began to respond to calls for people exhibiting signs of coronavirus, they began utilizing recommendations of how best to stay safe. Although restrictive, this new playbook helps em...
30 March 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
As the coronavirus outbreak began to show signs of spreading the United States, six counties in the Bay Area of California quickly instituted stay at home and shelter-in-place orders. Although the virus is still sprea...
30 March 2020
South Korea
Text
800-1500 Words
South Korea is one of the few countries that has reported success in containing the coronavirus, and it's due to both government action and a united societal response. Even before the social distancing was imposed on ...
30 March 2020
New Mexico, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
New Mexico has been able to test at a higher rate for coronavirus than states double its population size due to aggressive measures taken by local government to obtain tests early on and a public and private collabora...
29 March 2020
Seattle, Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
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 ...
29 March 2020
South Korea
Text
800-1500 Words
Countries such as Ireland are looking to South Korea for lessons about best practices in containing the coronavirus outbreak. Much of South Korea's success, shaped by lessons learned from battling the MERS outbreak in...
28 March 2020
Germany
Text
800-1500 Words
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 w...
28 March 2020
Berlin, Germany
Broadcast TV Programs
3-5 Minutes
Although Germany has a high amount of coronavirus cases, their death toll is less than comparable countries which can be attributed to widespread testing and a prepared health care system. The hospitals have been able...
28 March 2020
Germany
Text
800-1500 Words
Germany has been able to keep the death rate comparatively low during the coronavirus pandemic thanks to a multi-faceted approach. Although the numbers could change as the virus spreads, thus far decentralizing testin...
27 March 2020
New Rochelle, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
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 exac...
27 March 2020
New Rochelle, New York, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
New Rochelle, New York, took early and strong measures to contain the COVID19 outbreak – closing schools, banning large gatherings, opening drive-thru testing. And while it’s still early, those measures are showing in...
26 March 2020
South Korea
Broadcast TV News
5-15 Minutes
Although the United States, Spain, and Italy are still working to contain the coronavirus outbreak, countries across Asia have seen some success. By implementing rapid intervention and widespread testing, places such ...
26 March 2020
Santa Cruz, California, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Cities and states throughout the U.S. are in forms of lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic, including Santa Cruz County in California. Although this practice is one way to mitigate the spread, institutions in ...
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