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  • Beyond the checkpoints: How a Native American tribe is protecting its people from COVID-19

    While many Native American reservations are dealing with the spread of coronavirus, the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe in South Dakota has managed to prevent the virus from taking hold in their community. Tribal leaders researched successful methods being implemented elsewhere and preemptively executed a plan that included several approaches to contain and prevent the spread of the virus. The plan was put into place prior to President Trump declaring a national emergency and was done without any guidance or assistance from local and state officials despite multiple requests for aid.

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  • Armas de Costa Rica ante el coronavirus: confinamiento oportuno, disciplina ciudadana y Ebáis

    Costa Rica ha demostrado un manejo ejemplar de la pandemia: menos de 900 casos, más del 65% se recuperaron y solo 10 fallecieron (1,1%). Un sistema de salud centralizado y universal, más de 1,000 clínicas satélites coordinadas dentro del sistema de salud, las acciones tempranas y la disciplina de los habitantes han sido clave. Este reportaje incluye todas las medidas y las explica.

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  • In quarantine at Gallup hotels

    In Gallup, New Mexico hotels are being used to house those who have been exposed to COVID-19, but have nowhere to safely quarantine themselves. This effort compliments "an aggressive tracing and testing program," and so far has housed around 120 people. Doctors are also working out of the hotels to provide medical attention to those who may need it.

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  • Coronavirus : le Sénégal se mobilise pour protéger les personnes atteintes du sida

    Comment des structures de santé au Sénégal ont pris des mesures pour assurer la continuité des soins des personnes atteinted du sida, mais également le dépistage du VIH et le soutien psychologique aux malades.

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  • Senegal Pledges A Bed For Every Coronavirus Patient — And Their Contacts, Too

    Senegal's success thus far in keeping coronavirus cases at manageable levels is due largely in part to a prioritization of increasing the number of beds available for COVID-19 patients. After years of running epidemic simulations, the Senegalese Health Emergency Operation Center was able to act swiftly when the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, and convert hospital beds into ICU beds and hotel room beds into non-emergent beds.

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  • How 'overreaction' made Vietnam a virus success

    Vietnam's approach to handling the Covid-19 pandemic prioritized prevention over eradication which, so far, has helped the country avoid virus-caused deaths. Although the restriction in places, such as quarantine facilities, are aggressive and may not work in other countries, some public health experts commend the approach saying, "it's better to overreact."

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  • Paraguay se aísla y mantiene el coronavirus bajo control

    Este artículo explica las medidas de Paraguay para contener el COVID-19. Junto a Costa Rica y Uruguay, Paraguay es uno de los países de América que tiene menos casos y muertes. El 80% de su población, según el artículo, ha sido extremadamente disciplinado con el encierro.

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  • Lockdown At Terminal Island Federal Prison Curbs Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak

    By rapidly instituting mandatory testing of all inmates at a covid-19-stricken federal prison and segregating ill inmates, authorities reduced the number of new infections within weeks. At one point, nearly 70% of the inmates at the Terminal Island federal prison in San Pedro, California, had tested positive for the coronavirus as it raced through a facility where inmates normally interact constantly in crowded communal areas. As of mid-May, eight inmates had died and more than 500 had recovered.

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  • COVID-19: Will South Korea's model help save Nigeria's hospital bed shortage?

    As a response to hospital bed shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea developed a strategy that divides individuals who tested positive into four categories – mild, moderate, severe, and extremely severe – and placed those on the low end of the spectrum in self-quarantine or Living Treatment Centers (residential buildings requiring few medical personnel). As Nigeria grapples with the same issue, they look to South Korea as a model, but hesitate on making it work in different cultural contexts.

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  • Why does Germany have such a low number of deaths from Covid-19?

    Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, Germany has seen some of the lowest death rates in the world. Reasons behind that rate have been attributed to the widespread, accessible testing and subsequent quarantining of individuals who test positive, as well as the country’s health care capacity and infrastructure. While a success story right now, there is worry that the immediate wins may lead to relaxing on protocol and a second wave.

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