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Why Norway Is Banning its Residents From Their Own Vacation Homes

Feargus O'Sullivan

March 17, 2020 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Norway

The Norwegian government has banned residents from retreating to their rural, vacation homes as they self-isolate during the COVID19 pandemic. Those that do will face a nearly $2,000 fine, or 15 days in jail. This ban is in place because rural health infrastructure cannot handle the influx of residents if they were to arrive and start testing positive for the novel coronavirus.

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Tracking the Coronavirus: How Crowded Asian Cities Tackled an Epidemic

Hannah Beech

March 17, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Singapore

Singapore among several other countries have been able to contain coronavirus by working to stay ahead of the spread, rather than confront the spread as it happens. Using strategies – some partially built after learning from failure during the SARS outbreak – such as rigorous contact tracing to determine who may have come into contact with an infected individual, these countries have shown, "early intervention is key."

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How Vietnam Learned From China's Coronavirus Mistakes

Trien Vinh Le Huy Quynh Nguyen

March 17, 2020 |

The Diplomat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Vietnam

China has seen success in containing the coronavirus through strict governmental oversight but when the virus made its way to Vietnam – a country with similar rule – the government enacted more transparent approaches and relied on social networks to mitigate the spread. Although it is yet to be seen if one methodology was superior to the other, Vietnam's strategy of accountability and transparency has "proved to be effective and furnished positive results."

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Why Singapore is better prepared to handle COVID-19 than SARS

Benjamin Seet

March 17, 2020 |

Channel News Asia |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Singapore

After Singapore eradicated SARS in 2003, the country put into motion a series of protocols and practices in case of another outbreak. Now, as coronavirus sweeps the world, the country has been able to take quick actions, such as 3D printing face masks and quickly developing a reliable diagnostic test, to mitigate the spread.

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Aggressive testing helps Italian town cut new coronavirus cases to zero

Donato Paolo Mancini Clive Cookson

March 17, 2020 |

Financial Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Italy, Vò

By testing all residents for coronavirus, a town in Italy was able to isolate both the symptomatic and asymptomatic cases which resulted in the containment of the virus. The initial round of testing indicated that three percent of the population tested positive and those residents were quarantined, as were any people who they had been in contact with. The second round of testing showed that the infected number had declined to less than half a percent.

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Polio Epidemic Offers Guidance For Getting Through COVID-19

Robin Young

March 16, 2020 |

WBUR |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Epidemics aren't new in the United States, and past outbreaks can provide lessons for the current coronavirus pandemic. Specifically looking at the polio epidemic that paralyzed parts of the country, studies of individual American cities show the difference rapid intervention strategies, such as school closures and crowd size limitations, make.

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Coronavirus testing remains a challenge, but UNC could help fill gap

Cullen Browder Sarah Krueger

March 16, 2020 |

WRAL-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Testing for the coronavirus has been limited in much of the United States, but in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the Clinical Molecular Microbiology Laboratory at the UNC School of Medicine is helping to fill the void. The lab has created their own test, which aims to allow up to 500 patients to be tested per day by eliminating the need to wait for results from an offsite commercial lab.

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How to Save Elections From a Pandemic

Eric Cortellessa

March 16, 2020 |

Washington Monthly |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

The coronavirus pandemic swept the nation at a time when many would be going to polling stations to cast their votes in primary elections, but vote-at-home practices are providing a solution for this civic inconvenience. Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and now Utah have all implemented statewide all-mail election campaigns that not only improve voter turnout, but also cost less to taxpayers than only relying on in-person polling booths.

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These Good Samaritans with a 3D printer are saving lives by making new respirator valves for free

Kristin Toussaint

March 16, 2020 |

FastCompany |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Italy, Milan

In Italy, with ventilators in short supply and a growing need for them endangering people's lives, the local FabLab began to print replacement valves on 3-D printers. Even though the hospital supplier withheld the designs from the people at FabLab, they reverse engineered the design and began to manufacture them anyway, in order to save lives.

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Lockdown of Recovering Italian Town Shows Effectiveness of Early Action

Margherita Stancati

March 16, 2020 |

Wall Street Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Italy, Codogno

Despite the devastation Italy has seen from the coronavirus pandemic, the town of Codogno has been able to largely avoid the same fate. Crediting immediate "drastic containment measures," that went into effect after the initial cases were reported and included adherence to social distancing and other social restrictions, the city has been able to flatten the curve of cases and lift some restrictions.

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