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Phone booths, parades, and 10-minute test kits: How countries worldwide are fighting Covid-19

Allegra Frank Constance Grady

March 22, 2020 |

Vox |

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Response Location: Singapore

Countries around the world have used different strategies to try to contain the coronavirus but some tactics are being lauded over others. Singapore, South Korea, and Senegal are a few of the countries that rapidly implemented strategies such as readily available and fast-acting testing as well as temperature check points at airports, schools and restaurants.

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Por qué la solución tecnológica coreana es inviable ahora. Pero puede ser indispensable pronto

Jordi Pérez Colomé

March 22, 2020 |

El País |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: South Korea

Este artículo enumera y explica las medidas con las cuales Corea del Sur logró contener el COVID-19. Son basadas en trazabilidad y testeo en masa, pero se fundamentan en tecnología: sobre todo en apps digitales privadas que ayudan a saber dónde están los casos y sus contactos, y recomiendan rutas aisladas a los usuarios para recorrer las ciudades.

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Frisco tech company MTX uses text symptom monitoring system to help fight COVID-19

Jobin Panicker

March 22, 2020 |

WFAA-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Frisco, Texas

A tech company has developed a monitoring text messaging system for those entering the United States from China as a means of trying to contain the coronavirus. With an individual's consent, the system sends one text per day for 14 days to monitor the traveler's health and then shares that information directly with local health departments.

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How South Korea Solved Its Acute Hospital-Bed Shortage

Dasl Yoon

March 22, 2020 |

Wall Street Journal |

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Response Location: South Korea, Daegu

In order to reduce the mortality rate from the coronavirus pandemic as much as possible, medical centers and the government in South Korea reserved beds only for the most ill, while others were quarantined in supervised dorms. To dictate where and how someone would be treated, they were assigned into a category of asymptomatic, mild, severe, or critical, which helped prioritize those that actually needed hospitalization.

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Singapore's coronavirus playbook: How it fought back against the COVID-19 pandemic

Sareena Dayaram

March 22, 2020 |

CNET |

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Response Location: Singapore, Singapore

Initially, Singapore was one of the most impacted country by the spread of the coronavirus; however, with strict policy and early isolation, the city-state has managed to maintain a low infection rate. Early on in the outbreak, Singaporean officials designated "contact tracers" to diligently trace paths of infection, enabling tracers to pick out people who have been in contact with those affected and quickly isolate them.

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Obyčejná rouška

Tomáš Brolík Petr Horký Jiří Nádoba

March 22, 2020 |

Respekt |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Czech Republic

Českou republiku v začátcích pandemie koronaviru sužoval nedostatek zdravotnického materiálu. Chyběly také roušky, které pomáhají omezit přenos nákazy. Švadlena Michaela Moudrá z jihomoravských Hodějic na krizovou situaci zareagovala po svém: začala šít vlasní roušky. Když se k ní začali přidávat další Češi, založila na sociální síti Facebook veřejnou skupinu Česko šije roušky. Ta získala velmi rychle desítky tisíc členů, kteří se nápadem paní Moudré nechali inspirovat.

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Cuyahoga County ‘disease detectives,' CWRU medical students track coronavirus in one of Ohio's hotspots

Rachel Dissell Ginger Christ

March 22, 2020 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Cuyahoga County enlists medical students and residents to help the overwhelmed city health staff tackle the coronavirus chaos. Among other administrative tasks, students interview patients who have tested positive for coronavirus, noting their symptoms and underlying health issues to provide data and patterns to county health officials.

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Churches use technology to stream services after coronavirus shuts many down

Alex Rozie

March 22, 2020 |

WFAA-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

Churches across the nation have had to shut their doors as the country tries to contain the coronavirus outbreak, but some religious institutions have turned to creative ways to keep their practice alive. In Texas, one church has begun streaming the church services to their congregration while another is offering curbside communion.

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The Virus Can Be Stopped, but Only With Harsh Steps, Experts Say

Donald G. McNeil Jr.

March 22, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: China

Countries that have more recently fought against communicable and infectious disease outbreaks, such as China, are offering lessons about potential ways to slow the spread of COVID-19. Stricter and more efficient guidance around testing protocols, retrofitting hospitals to triage potential virus carriers, and training volunteers to do "ground-level but crucial medical tasks," are all practices that have shown to have helped slow the spread in countries outside of the U.S.

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Italy, Pandemic's New Epicenter, Has Lessons for the World

Jason Horowitz Elisabetta Povoledo

March 21, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Italy, Rome

In learning what could best work to contain the coronavirus, Italy is offering lessons to other countries in what has failed to work there. Dubbed the new "epicenter of a shifting pandemic" after reporting the highest death count, countries are learning that rapid and early intervention that is communicated clearly is a key component to slowing the spread.

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