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California readies army of coronavirus detectives

Rachel A. Becker

May 05, 2020 |

CalMatters |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

California state government is pivoting to a tactic that will allow for state employees to be reassigned and retrained to help efforts towards implementing contact tracing. Only one-third of the state's local health departments are performing contact tracing in some capacity, but the new training – designed in partnership between the government and two universities – will help the state reach the necessary increase required to assess the pandemic.

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Ebola experts' tips to fight COVID-19: Listen. Build trust. Show respect.

Ryan Lenora Brown

May 05, 2020 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Central African Republic, Johannesburg

To contain the coronavirus and reopen the economy, state governments throughout the United States are implementing public health lessons that were learned in West Africa during the Ebola outbreak. Although the two outbreaks differ in many ways, the similarities between how citizens have reacted to the implementation of mass restrictions allow for lessons such as increased information transparency and compassionate contact tracing to be relevant.

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Mental health care becomes team effort in NH as coronavirus pandemic increases need for working together

Damien Fisher

May 03, 2020 |

Manchester Ink Link |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

New Hampshire's community mental health centers are working together to deliver both in-person and telehealth services to community members during the coronavirus pandemic. All 10 of the state's centers are "sharing ideas and helping each other with what is working and identifying what isn’t working," while also working to help reduce barriers to health care access for those experiencing homelessness.

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Aggressive testing and pop songs: how Vietnam contained the coronavirus

Trang Bui

May 01, 2020 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Vietnam

Although Vietnam had a limited ability to treat coronavirus patients due to lack of treatment infrastructures, the country has been able to keep their case count low by implementing aggressive testing, contact tracing and information management. The citizens have been receptive to the arguably intrusive measures taken and have also expressed appreciation for the creative approaches used, such as employing pop singers to create educational songs and artists to design influential posters.

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New Zealand has ‘effectively eliminated' coronavirus. Here's what they did right.

Aaron Gulley

April 30, 2020 |

National Geographic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: New Zealand

While most countries around the world are trying to implement strategies to contain the coronavirus outbreak, New Zealand set out to eradicate the virus. Rapid government-enacted intervention strategies and a reliance on science coupled with compliance from community members has resulted in the countrywide caseload remaining significantly low and has allowed for parts of the region to slowly reopen.

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In L.A.'s Koreatown, the Community Provides for Their Elderly Residents During COVID-19 Crisis

Lisa Kwon

April 30, 2020 |

Hyphen Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

In Los Angeles' Koreatown, residents of the community are working together to make sure those most at risk during the coronavirus pandemic have access to meals and information. Although spreading the word about the help that is available can be difficult while social distancing since most often that is done by word of mouth in the community, organizers have made use of the local radio station and newspaper to reach elderly populations.

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Language barriers can pose a steep hurdle for Kansas governments to overcome during COVID-19 pandemic

Stan Finger Claudia Yaujar-Amaro Chris Green

April 29, 2020 |

The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas

Several Kansas state entities translated and distributed information in multiple languages during the COVID-19 pandemic. The El Dorado Public School district provided information in Spanish on their website and on student laptops, iPads, and handouts. In addition to a multilingual hotline, the state’s health department released an accessible micro-website, created by CivicPlus, that translates information into over 100 languages, including sign language, and uses closed captioning for videos. The microsite template was so effective, the company is offering it to other jurisdictions for other scenarios.

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Utah Guard soldiers bring their language skills to a new battlefront — as contact tracers in war against coronavirus

Nate Carlisle

April 27, 2020 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

To contain coronavirus, Utah has enabled contact tracing that utilizes state employees to make phone calls to those who have potentially been exposed to the virus but many they call do not speak English. To address the language barrier, members from the Utah National Guard’s 300th Military Intelligence Brigade – who serve on the linguistic unit – are volunteering to provide translations.

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$1 testing kits: Senegal's approach to coronavirus

Malika Bilal

April 27, 2020 |

Al Jazeera |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Senegal, Dakar

As the COVID-19 pandemic picked up across the world, Senegal, taking lessons from its experiences with Ebola, acted quickly. Measures like hard travel restrictions and lockdowns, daily information briefings and broadcasts, subsidizing hotels for isolations and quarantine, fever checks at most public locations, and cheap and accessible testing. Key to all of this has been the localized context – understanding what will work best for Senegal citizens, especially those in remote areas.

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Some Countries Are Squashing the Coronavirus Curve. Vietnam Is One.

Niharika Mandhana Lam Le

April 27, 2020 |

Wall Street Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Vietnam, Hanoi

Vietnam implemented rigid protocols around contact tracing and quarantine methodologies in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak, and so far, it has paid off with no deaths and a manageable caseload. Although a large population of citizens are still in government quarantine facilities, signs of reopening parts of the economy are underway and the overall response to the pandemic may help gain credibility from "global manufacturers looking to diversify out of China."

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