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  • While other countries lost precious time, Taiwan mobilised to keep COVID-19 at bay

    March 16, 2020 |

    The Sydney Morning Herald |

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    Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

    In Taiwan, a combination of "early intervention and a well-oiled command structure" have helped to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Measures such a public health hotline, temperature check points, enhanced hygiene protocols, integrated databases, and a diversion of funds and military personnel towards making protective masks, all worked together to slow the spread and offer lessons to the countries still fighting an increasing caseload.

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  • Why tough times can mean better neighbors

    March 16, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    Across the world, communities are beginning to use a variety of different methodologies to better connect with their neighbors during the coronavirus pandemic. From social media to public Google documents, neighborhoods are working together to combat loneliness during social distancing and help make sure the most vulnerable have the necessities.

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  • How to Save Elections From a Pandemic Audio icon

    March 16, 2020 |

    Washington Monthly |

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    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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  • 횟집서도 '드라이브스루' 판매 등장…상인들 궁여지책

    March 15, 2020 |

    JTBC 뉴스 |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    코로나 바이러스로 인해 큰 타격을 입은 대구 및 경북 지역 상인들이 위기 극복을 위한 각종 아이디어를 선보이고 있습니다. 한 횟집에서는 '드라이브스루' 판매법을 도입하는 등 적극적 대책들이 돋보입니다.

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  • How South Korea Scaled Coronavirus Testing While the U.S. Fell Dangerously Behind

    March 15, 2020 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Daegu

    South Korea is emerging as a model for many countries battling the spread of coronavirus, thanks to the country's quick response to initiate widespread testing and contact tracing methodology. Having learned from what failed during the outbreak in 2015, the country has been able to keep their death toll under 1 percent, unlike many other countries battling the pandemic.

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  • Stories of caremongering during the COVID-19 pandemic

    March 15, 2020 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Canada

    All across Canada, people are organizing and volunteering en masse to help their neighbors in need. Groups of people and single volunteers alive have been delivering groceries, donating food and money, and running other errands for vulnerable populations.

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  • Warum Südkorea so effektiv gegen das Coronavirus handeln kann

    March 15, 2020 |

    Augsburger Allgemeine |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    Südkorea hat im großen Stil und rasch ein umfangreiches Testsystem zur Erkennung des Virus aufgebaut. In nur 17 Tagen haben die Behörden einen eigenen Virus-Test eingeführt und ein Netzwerk aus insgesamt 96 Laboren ins Laufen gebracht. Die Infektionszahlen sind rückläufig.

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  • 공룡 민간배달 앱에 수수·광고료 없는 공공배달앱 도전장

    March 14, 2020 |

    연합뉴스TV |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Gunsan

    코로나19로 인해 배달 수요가 급증하고 있는 가운데 민간배달앱들이 부과하는 수수료가 영세 상인들에게 큰 부담이 되고 있습니다. 군산시에서는 이 같은 영세상인들의 고충을 해결하고자 자체적으로 수수료와 광고료가 없는 배달앱을 개발해 지역민들의 호응을 사고 있습니다.

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  • South Korea's rapid coronavirus testing, far ahead of the U.S., could be saving lives

    March 14, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    As countries have attempted various responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea’s response stands out for its swift ability to disseminate and scale testing for the disease, which mostly came about in reaction to its response to the MERS outbreak in 2015. Years after MERS, when the novel coronavirus outbreak was still in its early stages in China in January 2020, South Korea had already begun distributing tests. A high testing rate that has also protected health-care workers has contributed to a lower death rate in South Korea.

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  • South Korea's coronavirus response is the opposite of China and Italy – and it's working

    March 14, 2020 |

    South China Morning Post |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    South Korea has received acclaim for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak relative to China, where the initial outbreak originated. While China has enforced strict measures limiting movement and commerce, South Korea has stepped up by quickly ramping up widespread free or affordable testing and specifically not restricting travel, but rather by tracking people who have been infected and testing those they have come into contact with - and it seems to have been effective in slowing the spread in a way that could be an example to other countries.

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