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  • L.A. Unified plans for teaching by television after canceling all large gatherings

    March 12, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles Unified Schools is the second-largest school system, and a quarter of enrolled families lack adequate broadband access for online studies. This presented challenges as to how school could proceed, so the district partnered with public broadcaster PBS SoCal/KCET to prepare programming that would air on television in an effort to continue students' studies. They are offered on three different channels in order to provide for the different grade levels. This is their current solution to the question of schooling as the pandemic constantly updates.

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  • Experts Credit South Korea's Extensive Testing For Curbing Coronavirus Spread

    March 12, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    South Korea has had an extremely effective response to the coronavirus because of its fast and widespread use of testing. There are now drive-through tests available where people recommended by their doctor can take a test from the safety of their vehicle. This decreases the chances of transmission and lowers the stress of both patient and doctor. As a result, the rate of increase has been slowing since February 29, 2020.

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  • Singapore Wins Praise For Its COVID-19 Strategy. The U.S. Does Not

    March 12, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Singapore

    As countries respond in different ways to the COVID19 pandemic, those with systematic government approaches have proven to be strongest thus far. Places like Hong Kong and Singapore created immediate systems for testing and quarantining, putting quick pressure on stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus. On the opposite end, places like Iran and the United States have fared worse because of a lack of immediate response and capacity for testing.

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  • How Taiwan is containing coronavirus – despite diplomatic isolation by China

    March 12, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

    Struggling countries look to Taiwan as an example of how to respond to a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic. Strategies that Taiwan uses include tracking of mandatory quarantines, border control, and its use of technology. They are now looking to expand testing even further.

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  • South Korea shows that democracies can succeed against the coronavirus

    March 11, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    While many countries are struggling to control the spread of the recent coronavirus outbreak, South Korea has reported a decline in daily caseloads due to their rapid and comprehensive response. By expanding testing sites to include drive-throughs, canceling events and implementing more thorough testing protocols in their international airport, the country has offered lessons for others who have not yet determined a course of action.

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  • Mass testing, alerts and big fines: the strategies used in Asia to slow coronavirus

    March 11, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    As countries around the world work to slow the spread of coronavirus, several places including Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Macau have reported success from a handful of methods. Mass testing is a common factor throughout each, but financial incentives for self-quarantine, temperature checks at small businesses, and complimentary hand sanitizersr are a few other solutions that have shown promise.

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  • This chart of the 1918 Spanish flu shows why social distancing works Audio icon

    March 11, 2020 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    As coronavirus continues to spread around the world, social distancing is being implemented due to its proven success with helping to drastically slow the spread of the Spanish flu in St. Louis Missouri. In a comparison of St. Louis and Philadelphia – a city that did not institute social distancing practices – limiting the time in public spaces helped to keep per capita flu-related deaths in St. Louis "to less than half of those in Philadelphia."

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  • How Taiwan and Singapore Have Contained the Coronavirus

    March 11, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Taiwan, New Taipei

    Compared to countries of similar size and stature, Taiwan and Singapore both had extremely effective responses to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus. Each faced their own unique set of circumstances, but they used common tactics, including stopping flights from China, rationing mask purchases, and proactively finding new cases along with quarantining current ones. Both countries' government officials also had effective and clear communications with themselves and the public.

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  • What Taiwan can teach the world on fighting the coronavirus

    March 10, 2020 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

    After learning valuable lessons from the 2003 SARS outbreak, Taiwan has managed to keep its coronavirus cases to a minimum, far below neighboring China and other countries around the world. To accomplish this, the government remained alert and proactive, established a centralized command center, took quick and decisive action, and leveraged technology to track cases.

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  • A Disease Tracker Backed by Gates and Zuckerberg Tackles Covid-19 in Cambodia

    March 10, 2020 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Identifying the metagenomic sequencing for new outbreaks of viruses can help to better assess how the virus is spreading, which in turn helps health officials figure out how to slow down the contagion. In the midst of a coronavirus outbreak, a tool that was first used to during the SARS outbreak is now being used to track Covid-19 in under-resourced places such as Cambodia.

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