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  • These Teens Are Helping Self-Isolating Seniors Stay Connected

    April 01, 2020 |

    Teen Vogue |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    To help senior citizens through the coronavirus pandemic, teens and young adults are teaching the older people in their communities how to utilize technology. From "using FaceTime, finding reputable news on Facebook, and ordering groceries online," the skills these young volunteers are teaching help bridge the gap between social distancing and isolation.

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  • Statewide makerspace network collaborates on COVID-19 mask projects

    April 01, 2020 |

    Manchester Ink Link |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Makerspaces, collaborative community-operated workspaces, across New Hampshire have started using 3D printers to make masks for healthcare workers. Using mostly donated supplies, members printed and assembled protective face shields for health-care workers, sending 150 to a hospital in Manchester and planning on making 1,000 a week. The main limitation is that 3D printer is slow, but volunteers throughout the state with 3D printers have offered to help.

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  • Sports equipment manufacturer releases face shield design so others can pivot to medical supply

    April 01, 2020 |

    Manchester Ink Link |

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    Response Location: United States, Exeter, New Hampshire

    A sports safety equipment producer in New Hampshire shifted to producing personal protective equipment when the coronavirus pandemic caused a shortage for medical professionals. After working with a nurse practitioner to design the face shields, the company created an assembly line, while maintaining social distancing, that has been able to produce 6,000 masks per day. They have also made their design public so other production facilities can pivot to PPE production.

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  • Taiwan's aggressive efforts are paying off in fight against COVID-19

    April 01, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Due to its proximity to China, experts forcasted that Taiwan would experience a high number of coronavirus cases, but aggressive intervention strategies have kept the overall caseload much lower than expected. New regulations, especially focused on people traveling through the airport – such as enrolling travelers in a national coronavirus database, taking their temperature in the airport, and mandating a two-week quarantine – granted the government the capability of being able to track the spread of potential incoming cases.

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  • Des plates-formes assurent le suivi des malades infectés par le coronavirus à domicile

    April 01, 2020 |

    Le Monde |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    En France, la plate-forme Covidom, comme l’application Covid AP-HM, permettent un suivi quotidien et automatisé des malades atteints du coronavirus mais ne nécessitant pas d’hospitalisation.

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  • Not going coronavirus outbreak alone: Some find quarantine buddies to lessen isolation

    April 01, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    To better manage the isolation of being quarantined during the coronavirus, people living in the same communities in neighborhoods of Los Angeles are making "quarantine buddies." Although this method of forming small groups to create impromptu families does still impose limitations, it is being called a coping mechanism and alleviates the psychological need for human contact.

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  • Social distancing works. The earlier the better, California and Washington data show.

    April 01, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    California and Washington were both early to adopt social distancing measures in the United States as a response to the coronavirus pandemic, and are now emerging as successful models for how this protocol could work if enacted early. Although these states have not been immune to a heavy caseload, they have not experienced the spikes that have overwhelmed the hospitals in states like New York.

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  • Reporting for duty: Airline crew sign up to help hospitals

    April 01, 2020 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

    Many flight attendants for Scandinavian Airlines have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic but are now being given the opportunity to retrain as healthcare providers. The laid-off crew members already have emergency medical training and are "trained in how to handle difficult interpersonal situation," which makes the move to nursing homes and hospitals an almost natural transition.

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  • A Facebook group matches RVs that are sitting idle with health care workers who need a place to isolate after long hospital shifts

    April 01, 2020 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Doctors on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic are able to isolate themselves from their families to avoid possible transmission of the virus thanks to a Facebook group that helps match medical professionals with nearby RVs, trailers, and campers. The idea for RVs for MDs originated in Texas, but thanks to a large volunteer group, they've been able to implement the program nationwide.

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  • A Simple Mask

    April 01, 2020 |

    Respekt |

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    Response Location: Czech Republic

    In the Czech Republic, a seamstress named Michaela Moudra encouraged people across the country to meet their nation's acute need for face masks to reduce COVID-19 transmission. From her Facebook group Czechia Sews Face Masks, which now has tens of thousands of members, Moudra inspired hundreds to start sewing masks.

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