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They were supposed to build stages for Coachella. Now they're building coronavirus triage tents

August Brown

March 30, 2020 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

When coronavirus began spreading throughout the United States, one of the earliest actions taken was to cancel large events, which meant that production firms also lost work. In Los Angeles, the firm that is typically responsible for building the tents, staging, and facilities for such events have now turned their efforts to helping construct medical villages.

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Med Students Aren't Sitting Out the Fight Against the Coronavirus

Will Peischel

March 28, 2020 |

Mother Jones |

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Response Location: United States, New Jersey

While classes have been moved online, medical students across the country are finding ways to help in the fight against COVID-19. At schools like Rutgers in New Jersey, to the University of North Carolina’s Medical School, to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, students are pitching in. They’re undertaking things like running public health information hotlines, 3-D printing plastic face shields, and helping essential health care workers safely put on and take off their personal protective equipment.

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

Emma Coleman

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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As more Mass. first responders test positive for COVID-19, police and fire departments lean on each other to maintain services

Scott J. Croteau

March 26, 2020 |

MassLive |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

As communities work to contain the coronavirus outbreak, the risk for emergency responders to contract the illness is high; but in Massachusetts, departments are putting new practices and plans into place to address this. From changing the way police respond to calls, to creating a backfill system if or when officers are quarantined, the departments are working to keep both their responders and their communities healthy.

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Chicago Distillers Build a Vigilante Hand Sanitizer Industry

Ghazala Irshad

March 26, 2020 |

Chicago Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Many Chicago distilleries are utilizing their abundance of high-proof alcohol to create hand sanitizer to fill a gap in the market due to the coronavirus pandemic. While a portion of the product is being donated to first responders and frontline workers, this new business endeavor is also helping distillery owners keep their employees on payroll and their businesses open.

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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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Amazon, Startups See Surge in Demand for Automation Tech Amid Pandemic

Kevin McLaughlin

March 25, 2020 |

The Information |

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Response Location: United States

As companies look to stay economically viable and responsive to customers during the coronavirus pandemic, many are beginning to turn to automation as a way to fill jobs that would have humans working too closely together. From Amazon's cloud-based call center service to autonomous robots that can cook, the coronavirus crisis has created a pathway for technological advancements to be put to use.

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Fashion industry answers the call for masks and personal protective equipment to fight Covid-19

Oscar Holland Ananda Pellerin

March 24, 2020 |

CNN |

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Response Location: United States, New York

To help address the shortage of personal protective equipment in hospitals, companies and individuals in the fashion industry are turning from clothing production to face mask production. This approach, which is being implemented across the U.S. and Europe, not only helps the medical industry, but also helps to keep those in the fashion industry employed during the pandemic.

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Coronavirus Has Hospitals in Desperate Need of Equipment. These Innovators Are Racing to Help.

Haley Willis Robin Stein Natalie Reneau Drew Jordan

March 24, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

As personal protective equipment becomes increasingly hard to find, university labs, engineers, and individuals are taking part in a crowdsourced effort to create alternatives. Although their 3D designs and repurposed shields don't take the place of PPE, they do act as safe back-ups for frontline workers facing a shortage.

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How a team of technicians is helping Taiwan triple mask production

Wang Chao-yu Chung Jung-feng Matthew Mazzetta

March 24, 2020 |

Focus Taiwan |

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Response Location: Taiwan, New Taipei

When people in Taiwan began to panic buy face masks in response to the spread of the coronavirus, the government intervened and took control of production protocols. Recruiting technicians from a variety of backgrounds and cities, the government – in a move that mimics military service recruitment – mobilized a team that was able to increase the rate of face mask production and solve the potential shortage.

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