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Covid-19 has forced local families, funeral directors to rethink final goodbyes

Keith L. Alexander , Michelle Boorstein

March 24, 2020 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Clarksburg, Maryland

As the coronavirus death toll increases, churches and funeral homes are trying to quickly adapt to ways to create space for grieving while also abiding by mandated limits on the size of group gatherings. Some have implemented aggressive sanitation and social distancing routines while others are utilizing technology and broadcasting the service over online conference-meeting applications.

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Europe eyes smartphone location data to stem virus spread

Frank Bajak

March 24, 2020 |

CityNews |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Some of the governments that have had the most success in getting a handle on the spread of the coronavirus have used individual location data to conduct contact tracing and track the spread of the virus. However, some in Europe and the United States worry these tools violate privacy rights, even in the midst of a public health crisis.

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These face masks are designed to be washed and reused

Evan Nicole Brown

March 24, 2020 |

FastCompany |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

As hospitals around the world run dangerously low or completely out of personal medical equipment like protective masks, one company has developed a recyclable nano-fiber filter that can fit inside surgical masks, which are generally less scarce than N95 face masks. The masks are reusable up to a month, a sustainable improvement from other single use models.

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You Can Learn Something From The People Of Wuhan

Tricia Wang

March 24, 2020 |

Buzzfeed |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: China, Wuhan

While the media mostly highlights the top-down, government-led measures of containment happening in Wuhan, China, an invisible, sophisticated grassroots network has also had a powerful positive effect on stemming the tide of infection. Using social media and apps like WeChat, neighbors helped each other find food and medicine, support the sick among them, and simply survive.

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‘There's sunshine again': Thousands of meals delivered daily to Anchorage students as coronavirus closes classrooms

Tegan Hanlon

March 24, 2020 |

Alaska Public Media |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

In Alaska, the Anchorage School District’s mobile food delivery service is delivering thousands of meals every day to Anchorage students. By repurposing school buses, school district leaders are packing sack lunches, school nurses, and educators on board to help with the deliveries.

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How a 60,000-employee firm survived China's COVID-19 outbreak

Wilson Liévano, Josh Coe

March 23, 2020 |

The GroundTruth Project |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: China, Hubei Province

Bosch China Investment Ltd. survived the worst of the Coronavirus pandemic by taking serious precautions early on. This article lays out the specific steps in the timeline of the pandemic that the company took to protect its employees. Tactics include the usual set of tools like social distancing, face masks, and emergency preparedness systems, but it was how they executed the process that made it a success.

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What Singapore can teach the U.S. about responding to Covid-19

Li Yang Hsu, Min-Han Tan

March 23, 2020 |

STAT |

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Response Location: Singapore, Singapore

When Singapore detected its first cases of COVID-19 in early February, the country topped world lists in terms of confirmed infections. But unlike other countries, Singapore never experienced an exponential increase in cases, thanks to extensive governmental preparation, widespread testing and case reporting, mandatory social distancing, and strong public health communications.

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Governments are using cellphone location data to manage the coronavirus

Kim Lyons

March 23, 2020 |

The Verge |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: South Korea

Governments across the world are using data from cell phones to better track the movement of those under quarantine restrictions during coronavirus. While each country using this containment strategy is implementing it in different ways, the information shared is kept anonymous but, in some cases, grants the greater public access to movements of individuals to know where possible contagions may have occurred.

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'We Can't Anoint The Sick': Faith Leaders Seek New Approaches To Pastoral Care

Tom Gjelten

March 23, 2020 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Shady Side, Maryland

Many churches throughout the U.S. have moved their weekly services online during the coronavirus pandemic, but not all needs can be addressed this way. To help offer services like counseling and individual prayer, some pastors and ministers are offering drive-through services for prayer requests or blessings while others are making hospital visits under the guidance of social distancing rules.

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Cambridge To Pay Restaurants To Make Meals For Homeless People

Adrian Ma

March 23, 2020 |

WBUR |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

To help mitigate the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on some of its most vulnerable populations, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is paying otherwise closed restaurants to make food for short-staffed homeless shelters in the area.

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