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Meet The Chicago Virus Hunters Who Are Tracking Down COVID-19

Kristen Schorsch

April 20, 2020 |

WBEZ |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Doctors and staff at Howard Brown Health, a Chicago health center for LGBTQ patients, is using its years of experience in containing and treating HIV and other sexually-transmitted diseases with contact tracing to help contain the spread of Covid-19. The conversations can sometimes be emotional and difficult. The team has found some people are afraid to get the test and others who have lost a loved one to the virus. They have interviewed over 200 people, with many more in the pipeline, and about 65% of those they talked to also tested positive for Covid-19.

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Special Olympics NY goes virtual for 50th anniversary

Marian Hetherly

April 20, 2020 |

WBFO |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York

The Special Olympics turned 50 in 2020, but the pandemic has put a damper on their original birthday plans. People with intellectual and physical differences who participate rely on the games for social connection, so many are suffering from the social quarantine. To make up for it, the Special Olympics has moved online—creating an online fitness video series with the WWE. The program, called School of Strength, features exercises and even downloadable interactive toolkits for coaches and caregivers. After initial hurdles, they are now going live twice a week and posting new content daily.

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California lessons from the 1918 pandemic: San Francisco dithered; Los Angeles acted and saved lives

James Rainey Rong-Gong Lin II

April 19, 2020 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Two of California’s major cities – Los Angeles and San Francisco – are learning from their history with the Spanish Influenza during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two cities had different approaches, with San Francisco strongly requiring masks, shutting down later, and opening up earlier and Los Angeles shutting down almost immediately and waiting an extra month to open up. Over one hundred years later, leaders are looking back to learn from mistakes to save lives.

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L.A. races to save 15,000 homeless people from coronavirus — one hotel room at a time

Doug Smith

April 18, 2020 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

In Los Angeles, the city-led effort, Project Roomkey, is working to get 15,000 people experiencing homelessness into hotel rooms in the fight against COVID-19. Working with the LA Homeless Services Authority and state negotiators, partnerships with hotels are being developed and are already housing some of these individuals. While costing nearly $190 million, it is helping save lives and hopefully keeping hotels afloat.

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It Was Meant To Be An App To Help Immigrants Lead A Normal Life In The US. Now It's Helping Them Survive The Coronavirus.

Nishita Jha

April 18, 2020 |

Buzzfeed |

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Response Location: India, New Delhi

An app called Homeis was originally designed to be a social network for immigrant groups in the U.S., but during the coronavirus pandemic it has turned into a lifeline for many undocumented people whose fears of deportation are compounded by the virus. Community managers on the app (some paid, some volunteer) now field questions from hundreds of thousands of immigrants about getting tested, how much power ICE has in hospital settings, the risk of getting infected in detention, and other coronavirus questions. The app is now a source of advice, support, and community during the COVID-19 crisis.

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Long before coronavirus, Philly ran a quarantine center for another deadly contagion

Frank Fitzpatrick

April 18, 2020 |

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

From 1802 until 1895, Philadelphia ran a quarantine center that required all in-bound ships to stop and all on-board to be quarantined until cleared of any possible infectious diseases. Although the center is no longer in use, it provides a unique history lesson for the current coronavirus pandemic of the success that can come by restricting movement to prevent further spread.

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As Many Americans Stay Home, Factory Workers Continue Production Around The Clock

Scott Horsely

April 18, 2020 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Mehoopany, Pennsylvania

As businesses around the United States look to reopen, they can take lessons from factories that have stayed open to serve us during the COVID-19 pandemic. At places like the Charmin factors or General Mills, they’ve implemented regulations like stretched out shift changes, compartmentalizing work areas and employees, temperature checks, and spacious seating in break rooms. While an adjustment to normal workflow, it’s worked well, with no confirmed cases coming from either place.

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"I voted in South Korea's elections. This is what democracy can look like in a pandemic."

Catherine Kim

April 17, 2020 |

Vox |

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Response Location: South Korea

South Korea held a national election during the Covid-19 pandemic by taking extensive sanitation and health screening measures. In addition to mandatory face protection and social distancing, voters’ temperatures were taken, hands covered in sanitizer, and given new gloves for their sanitized hands. Those with a fever voted in a secluded area and those with mild Covid-19 symptoms could vote by hospitals. Those in quarantine had one hour to vote after everyone else and needed to report to officials when home. It’s impossible to erase all risks, but many voters report the steps taken increased their security.

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In Denmark, the Rarest of Sights: Classrooms Full of Students

Patrick Kingsley

April 17, 2020 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Denmark, Løgumkloster

As the world progresses through the pandemic, many countries are trying to best address the tough question of when to open back up and how. In Logumkloster, Denmark, which had no known cases of COVID-19, the village's elementary school welcomed back close to 350 students to its physical building with extensive safety and cleaning protocols in place to protect students and teachers. From an economic standpoint, the decision stands to benefit parents working from home, but some worry about the potential health implications—and it may be too soon to tell what those will be.

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Black doctors group brings COVID-19 testing to underserved neighborhoods

Katie Meyer

April 17, 2020 |

WHYY |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In Philadelphia, a group of Black doctors formed a medical team to address the Covid-19 testing disparity between different parts of the community. Known as the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, the group offers appointments and makes house calls to test community members for the virus. Although they currently have many volunteers helping, the group is limited by the amount of testing supplies they have on hand.

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